New Valley Corporation v. United States

119 F.3d 1576

41 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) P 77,141

NEW VALLEY CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 96-5071.

United States Court of Appeals,

Federal Circuit.

July 23, 1997.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined

Nov. 13, 1997.

Sarah S. Gold, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, LLP, New York City, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With her on the brief was Arnold I. Burns.

Geoffrey C. Cook, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were…