1200 Sixth Street, LLC v. United States

CORRECTED OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. once wrote: “Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.” Rock Island, A. & L.R. Co. v. United States, 254 U.S. 141, 143, 41 S.Ct. 55, 65 L.Ed. 188 (1920). Add to that caution the further warning that one chooses to do business with the General Services Administration at its peril, and the lesson of this case emerges. The plaintiff has brought suit to recover the considerable expenses it incurred based on a representation made by a General…