Legal Opinion

Marchena v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided September 21, 2016No. 16-76CPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Breach of Contract; Actual Authority of Government Agents; Motion to Dismiss; Rule 15(a)(2) Motion to Amend

OPINION AND ORDER

WHEELER, Judge.

Plaintiff, a Government informant named Harold C. Marchena, claims that the Government breached a contract with him when it failed to help him secure money from a large asset forfeiture in a criminal case. Marchena argues that agents working on behalf of the Government promised him that they would use best efforts to help him secure the money in return for his assistance in procuring the testimony of several acquaintances, but ' that the Government has…

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