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· 1/23/1970

Bird & Sons, Inc. v. The United States

Citations

  • 420 F.2d 1051
  • 190 Ct. Cl. 426
  • 1970 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 101

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the Tucker Act does not preclude relief’ for a claim alleging a negligent act in breach of a contractually-created duty
  • concluding that “where an alleged ‘negligent act’ constitutes a breach of a contractually created duty, the Tucker Act does not preclude relief’
  • recognizing jurisdiction where “ ‘loss resulted from the negligent manner in which defendant performed its contract’ ”
  • “where an alleged 'negligent act’ constitutes a breach of a contractually created duty, the Tucker Act does not preclude relief”
  • “[W]here an alleged ‘negligent’ act constitutes a breach of a contractually created duty, the Tucker Act does not preclude relief.”
  • “[W]here an alleged ‘negligent’ act constitutes a breach of a contractually created duty, the Tucker Act does not preclude relief.”

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Judges: Cowen, Laramore, Durfee, Davis, Collins, Skelton, Nichols

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