Spooner’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
June 1982
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Federal Crop Ins Corporation v. Merrill · United States v. Hopkins · Putnam Mills Corp. v. United States · Putnam Mills Corp. v. United States · Operational Manuals, Inc.
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“To base his claim on contract plaintiff must properly allege that he was in privity with the Government, and that the latter was bound by an authorized agent acting within his representative capacity to bind the Government. Spooner, supra, 211 Ct. Cl. at 312 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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