South Louisiana Grain Services, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

LYDON, Judge:

This case comes before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiff’s opposition thereto. Plaintiff seeks to recover damages which it alleges it incurred when defendant, acting through the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), Department of Agriculture, breached a contract which plaintiff alleges came into being as a result of an oral agreement between FGIS and plaintiff. In its motion, defendant claims that plaintiff did not have a contract with FGIS, and further challenges the jurisdiction of the court to grant any relief because, first, assuming…