Legal Opinion
James L. Lewis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 16, 1995No. 95-5038PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, proceeding under the pseudonym James L. Lewis, claims that he is entitled to a $20,000,000 recovery against the United States. His theory is that by offering to obtain information for the Customs Service, he entered into an implied-in-fact contract with the government, and that the government interfered with his rights under that contract. The Court of Federal Claims dismissed the complaint, holding that the statute on which Lewis relies does not give rise to a contract that accords enforceable rights to any person who agrees to provide information to the…
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