Legal Opinion

Girling Health Systems, Inc. v. The United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided November 22, 1991No. 91-5043PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ARCHER, Circuit Judge.

Girling Health Systems, Inc. (Girling) appeals the November 20, 1990 order of the United States Claims Court, 22 Cl.Ct. 66, No. 372-89 T, dismissing Girling’s action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

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Girling filed suit in the Claims Court for breach of an implied-in-fact contract. Gir-ling claimed that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 2553, entitled “Election by a Small Business Corporation,” contained an offer that IRS would act in a timely manner and that this offer was accepted when Girling filed Form 2553 to elect Subchapter S status for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Russell Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
  2. Somali Development Bank v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
  3. Hatzlachh Supply Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Tree Farm Development Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1978
  5. Robert Merrick v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Skillo v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
  2. McCauley v. StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
  3. Faulkner v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
  4. Chattler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2011
  5. Leonardo v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2003

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