Legal Opinion
Merck & Co., Inc. v. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller Merck & Co., Inc. v. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 10, 1981No. 79-1435, 79-1438PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue in this ease is the scope of the authority of the Comptroller General to examine records of Merck & Company relating to four contracts, negotiated without advertising, for sale of pharmaceutical products to the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration. The right of the Comptroller to examine records is based on 10 U.S.C. § 2313(b) (1976) and 41 U.S.C. § 254(c) (1976), the latter of which requires that the following language appear in government contracts negotiated without advertising:
[T]he Comptroller General .. . shall ... have access to and the right to examine any…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Aqua Media, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Eli Lilly & Co. v. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States, and United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Bristol Lab. Div. of Bristol-Myers Co. v. StaatsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Hewlett-Packard Company, a Corporation, David Packard, and Wilfred F. Cavier v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Abbott Laboratories, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Bowsher v. Merck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aero Corp. v. Department of the NavyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1982
- Smithkline Corporation v. Elmer Staats, Comptroller General of the United States, and the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Bowsher v. Merck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Bowsher v. Merck & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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