Legal Opinion

Garrett v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided July 29, 1988No. 257-87CPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

NETTESHEIM, Judge.

This case is before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff has opposed, and argument was held after plaintiff’s motion for class action certification had been denied, see Order entered Sept. 28, 1987 (Yock, J.), and after the case was transferred.

FACTS

The following facts are undisputed. John Cliff Garrett (“plaintiff”), a widower, has never served in the United States military. On or about July 5, 1979, plaintiff submitted a bid to purchase improved residential property from the Veterans Administration (the “VA”) that the VA had repossessed…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. United States v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Bowen v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Eastport Steamship Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Western Securities Company, a Subsidiary of Universal Mortgage Corporation v. Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  2. Nicholson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1993
  3. Edwards v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1990
  4. Hartle v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1989
  5. Brown v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1996

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