Mississippi Valley Generating Co. v. United States

I agree with the dissenting opinion of ■Justice REED, but would add the following :

I would further emphasize the fact that the invalidity of the Power Contract does not rest upon the showing that it was entered into in bad faith, or corruptly, or for the purpose of perpetrating a fraud upon the Government. Nor do we have a criminal prosecution in which it is incumbent upon the defendant to establish criminal intent.

Rather, the issue is based on a principle older than this country itself, that no man who works for the Government may at the same time transact business with an entity in which,…