Breitbeck v. United States

This is another case presenting the question of whether the United States may be sued in this court on a claim arising out of the activities of a governmental entity which can be sued in its own name in another forum. See Butz Eng'r Corp. v. United States, 204 Ct. Cl. 561, 499 F. 2d 619 (1974) (United States Postal Service); Porter v. United States, 204 Ct. Cl. 355, 496 F. 2d 583 (1974) (Trust Territory of the Pacific). The suit before us involves the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation created by Congress in 1954, as a wholly-owned federal corporation, to construct and operate the…