Mercedes Martinez (As Trustee of Blue Ridge Development, Ltd., a Dissolved Limited Partnership) v. United States

FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal challenges the Court of Federal Claims’ dismissal of counts of a complaint seeking damages for the alleged breach by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) of a contract provision authorizing HUD to approve disbursement to the appellant of certain funds held in trust. The Court of Federal Claims took that action because it concluded there was no privity of contract between HUD and the appellant. We affirm.

I

A. The background facts, as found by the Court of Federal Claims and as further shown by the record, are undisputed.

Blue Ridge…