Legal Opinion
Ains, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 23, 2004No. 03-5134PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
AINS, Inc. (“AINS”) appeals the United States Court of Federal Claims’ May 23, 2003 dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of AINS’s claim that the United States Mint (“Mint”) had breached its contract with AINS. AINS, Inc. v. United States, 56 Fed. Cl. 522 (2003). We find that the Court of Federal Claims correctly determined that the Mint is a “non-appropriated funds instrumentality” (“NAFI”). Because Congress has not waived sovereign immunity to allow breach of contract suits against NAFIs other than in a few statutorily enumerated exceptions, and because…
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