contract implied in fact
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From 276 U.S. 287 - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. United States · 1928Most cited · 142 citing opinions
the right here invoked to sue the United States under the Tucker Act on a claim founded on contract must rest upon the existence of a contract express or implied in fact, no right of action being given by the Act in cases where, if the transaction were between private parties, recovery could be had upon a contract implied in law