Hilton v. United States

This case is before the court, without oral argument, on defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiffs cross-motion. The issue presented is whether the defendant is liable to plaintiff for various damages flowing from the defendant’s breach of an alleged implied in fact employment contract. For the reasons discussed herein, we dismiss plaintiffs petition.

Plaintiff, James G. Hilton, is a former GS-13 civilian employee of the U. S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (DARCOM), now retired, who undertook a series of administrative appeals involving his employment. Beginning…