Hughes v. United States

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals three holdings in two decisions of the Court of Federal Claims in this Winstar breach of contract case. Hughes v. United States, 58 Fed.Cl. 291 (2003) (Hughes /); Hughes v. United States, 71 Fed.Cl. 284, 287 (2006) (Hughes II). First, the government challenges the court’s conclusion that an individual corporate officer, Alfred Hughes (Hughes), had standing to sue for breach of contract. Second, the government challenges the court’s conclusion that Hughes did not assume the risk of regulatory change resulting from the enactment of the Financial…