Ford, Powell & Carson, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

WHITE, Senior Judge.

This is an action to recover $188,415.19, plus interest, allegedly due Ford, Powell & Carson, Inc. (“the plaintiff”) in accordance with the provisions of a contract between the plaintiff and the United States.

The defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that, in view of 28 U.S.C. § 2517(a), as amended by section 139(k)(l) of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 (Pub.L. 97-164, 96 Stat. 25, 43), this court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear the present action.

The statutory provision relied on…