Legal Opinion
Ains, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided May 23, 2002No. 02-133CPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BLOCK, Judge.
It has often been said that one of the hardest things in the world is to sue the federal government. This is no mere truism. Government is protected from suit by the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
This doctrine, ingrained in our law, is derived from its English antecedent which presumed that “the king can do no wrong.” 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries 238 (Univ. of Chicago Press Ed.1979) (“Besides the attribute of sovereignty, the law also ascribes to the king, in his political capacity, absolute perfection. The king can do no wrong.”)(emphasis original).…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Karen S. Reynolds v. Army and Air Force Exchange ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- Donald A. Henke v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Ains, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Forest Products Northwest, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2004
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Morgan Drexen, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2014
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. ITT Educational Services, Inc.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 2015
- American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio, Local 1647 v. Federal Labor Relations AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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