Legal Opinion

Chavez v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided August 31, 1988No. 392-87CPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

This action came before the court on defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint of plaintiff Tags Richards pursuant to RUSCC 12(b) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Defendant maintained that because plaintiff Richards orally contracted with officers of the United States Department of Agriculture who were not authorized to contract under the program involved in this case, that no express contract or contract implied-in-fact existed upon which plaintiff could premise a suit against the…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Maniere v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1994
  2. Son Broadcasting, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1998
  3. BMR Gold Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1998
  4. French v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1998
  5. Chavez v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1989

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