Legal Opinion
Tennessee ex rel. Leech v. Dole
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1984No. 83-5499PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This case is in effect a fight between the State of Tennessee and the United States over damages the State has recovered from bid riggers on federally funded road projects. Brought by the State against federal road officials for injunctive and declaratory relief, the principal questions are whether the relationship between the State as a federal grant recipient and its federal grantor is governed by the law of restitution or unjust enrichment under federal common law principles and whether jurisdiction of such issues resides exclusively in the Court of Claims, rather…
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