Carter v. Food Lion, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that only a party with a direct contractual relationship with the United States has standing to bring a breach claim under the Tucker Act
• finding no authority for an Army Corps of Engineers district chief to modify a licensing contract
• finding no authority for an Army Corps of Engineers district chief to modify a licensing contract
• “Absent privity, a party lacks standing to sue; without standing, the court is without jurisdiction to resolve issues raised by that party”
• “[A] person with some limited actual authority impliedly may have broader authority. However, a person with no actual authority may not gain actual authority through the court-made rule of implied actual authority.”
• “[A] person with some limited actual authority impliedly may have broader authority.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).