No. 19-464

Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. v. United States

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judic administrative-law agency-action civil-procedure due-process government-contracts judicial-review service-disabled-veterans small-business small-business-set-aside standing statutory-compliance va-procurement veterans-affairs veterans-contracts
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether agency action based on an earlier, unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judicial correction based on an individual employee's alleged lack of knowledge that the agency's earlier action was illegal.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether agency action based on an earlier, unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judicial correction based on an individual employee's alleged lack of knowledge that the agency's earlier action was illegal

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-20
Reply of petitioner Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. filed.
2019-12-09
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-11-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 9, 2019.
2019-10-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2019 to December 9, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 7, 2019)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Veterans Contracting Group, Inc.
Thomas Glenn SaundersWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Petitioner