| 22-722 |
Frank Calapristi v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contract-law federal-circuit government-contractor government-contracts government-control government-involvement implied-contract implied-contracts tucker-act |
Whether the Federal Circuit's rule that no degree of government involvement or control over a contract between a government contractor and a third par… |
| 22-238 |
Charter Day School, Inc., et al. v. Bonnie Peltier, as Guardian of A. P., a Minor Child, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-14 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (8)Relisted (2) |
charter-school charter-schools civil-rights educational-policy government-contract government-contracts nonprofit-corporation policy-formulation private-entities public-education state-action |
Whether a private entity that contracts with the State to operate a charter school engages in state action when it formulates a policy without coercio… |
| 22-111 |
United States, et al., ex rel. Thomas Proctor v. Safeway, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (3) |
circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act government-contracts knowingly-violated legal-interpretation scienter standing statutory-interpretation subjective-understanding |
Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it 'kno… |
| 21-7077 |
Catherine Kurkjian v. Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law agency-deference agency-obligations bad-faith-doctrine civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law contract-reprisal government-contracts lost-profits statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Court can neglect the legal and statutory obligations of an agency to adhere to a signed contract and the referenced clauses |
| 21-781 |
NVS Technologies, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security |
Federal Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
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administrative-law consideration contract-law contract-termination due-process federal-agency funding-limitation good-faith good-faith-dealing government-contracts termination |
Can a federal agency refuse to allot available funds to an incrementally funded contract for any reason or no reason, and so terminate that contract, … |
| 20-1112 |
In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam |
|
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law contract-clause due-process equal-protection government-contracts patent patent-law separation-of-powers stare-decisis |
Whether Justice Barrett must enforce the Supreme Court's stare decisis precedents prohibiting repudiation of government-issued patent grants |
| 20-560 |
Brian Sullivan, et al. v. Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof constitutional-law contract-clause emergency-measure government-contracts less-deferential-standard reasonable-and-necessary state-impairment wage-freeze |
Whether the Court should re-examine the 'reasonable and necessary' test, applied under a 'less deferential' standard, when a State impairs its own con… |
| 19-1198 |
CANVS Corporation v. Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force |
Federal Circuit |
2020-04-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law contract-law due-process government-contracts government-liability intellectual-property small-business small-business-innovation takings |
Can the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, an administrative panel, deprive a corporation of valuable intellectual property without due process… |
| 19-8029 |
Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Lyft, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-emergency contract-clause corporate-infringement due-process government-contracts judicial-misconduct mutiny national-security patent patent-rights sedition separation-of-powers supreme-court supreme-court-precedent takings |
Whether Chief Justice Roberts engaged in conflict of interest against inventors as a member of the Knights of Malta with fealty to the Queen of Englan… |
| 19-7910 |
Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Intuit, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-09 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-law contract contract-rights due-process government-contract government-contracts government-grants judicial-misconduct jurisdiction patent patent-contract patent-rights standing takings |
Whether the Supreme Court should enforce the mandated prohibition against repudiating government-issued patent contract grants as delineated in govern… |
| 19-464 |
Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
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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 |
Whether agency action based on an earlier, unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judicial correction based on an individual employee's alleged l… |
| 19-389 |
Jay Anthony Dobyns v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law duty-of-good-faith fair-dealing federal-circuit federal-contracts federal-government good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing government-contracts undercover-agents |
Whether the duty of good faith and fair dealing implied in all contracts, including contracts between private parties and the United States, permits a… |
| 19-329 |
Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind v. PDS Consultants, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-09-11 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response Waived |
ability-one agency-acquisition bid-protest bid-protest-jurisdiction court-of-federal-claims government-contracts mandatory-source-directive statutory-interpretation tucker-act veterans-preference |
Whether the Tucker Act's grant of bid protest jurisdiction extends to challenges to federal agency acquisition policies and practices outside a specif… |
| 19-268 |
Park Properties Associates, L.P., et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
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breach-of-contract contract-administration contract-jurisdiction court-of-federal-claims federal-circuit federal-claims-court government-contracts privity privity-doctrine third-party-administrator tucker-act |
Whether the Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction over a breach-of-contract claim against the government, where the government signs a contract tha… |
| 19-154 |
Zafer Construction Company v. Army Corps of Engineers |
Federal Circuit |
2019-08-01 |
Denied |
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administrative-procedure bid-mistake bid-mistakes bid-verification cfr-14.407-3 contract-law drawing-errors government-contracts hollerbach-v-united-states judicial-precedent precedent reliance-on-drawings sulzer-bingham-pumps-v-lockheed |
Whether the government can reap the benefit of a contractor's mistaken bid caused by incorrect government drawings |
| 18-1312 |
Steven Mateski v. Raytheon Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure false-certification false-claims false-claims-act fraud fraud-allegations government-contract government-contracts materiality rule-9(b) rule-9b subcontract-compliance |
Whether the complaint provided sufficient notice of the alleged false claims against Raytheon under Rule 9(b), and whether the alleged false claims we… |
| 18-7993 |
Ronald Bedford v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-111 18-usc-1114 contractor criminal-law employee-status federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-contracts obstruction-of-justice official-duties postal-service statutory-interpretation trucking-contractor |
Whether an employee of a private trucking contractor that maintains a contract with the United States Postal Service is a person assisting an officer … |
| 18-1038 |
Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, an Illinois Nonprofit Mutual Insurance Corporation v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (2) |
affordable-care-act appropriations appropriations-riders government-contracts government-obligations legislative-history money-mandating-statute retroactive-abrogation retroactive-application risk-corridors |
Whether a temporary cap on appropriations availability from certain specified funding sources may be construed, based on its legislative history, to a… |
| 18-1028 |
Moda Health Plan, Inc. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
appropriations appropriations-riders bait-and-switch federal-circuit government-contracts government-obligation health-care health-exchanges health-insurance insurance statutory-commitment statutory-interpretation statutory-promise takings |
Whether Congress can evade its unambiguous statutory promise to pay health insurers for losses already incurred simply by enacting appropriations ride… |
| 18-37 |
Securiforce International America, LLC v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
abuse-of-discretion administrative-law authorized-agent authorized-official contract-termination discretionary-determination discretionary-determinations government-contracts government-procurement judicial-review procurement standard-of-review |
Whether discretionary government procurement determinations may be upheld as reasonable when the authorized official expressly disavows making the req… |