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Court of Claims· 6/1/1948

Gadsden v. United States

Citations

  • 78 F. Supp. 126
  • 111 Ct. Cl. 487

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that bad faith would be found if the defendant was “motivated alone by malice”
  • requiring plaintiff to prove “motivation alone by malice” or conspiracy on part of government to prove bad faith
  • adopting the rule from, inter alia, Kihlberg v. United States, 97 U.S. 398, 14 Ct.Cl. 582, 24 L.Ed. 1106 (1878); United States v. Gleason, 175 U.S. 588, 602, 35 Ct.Cl. 625, 20 S.Ct. 228, 44 L.Ed. 284 (1900
  • adopting the rule from, inter alia, Kihlberg v. United States, 97 U.S. 398, 14 Ct.Cl. 582, 24 L.Ed. 1106 (1878); United States v. Gleason, 175 U.S. 588, 602, 35 Ct.Cl. 625, 20 S.Ct. 228, 44 L.Ed. 284 (1900); and Ripley v. United States, 223 U.S. 695, 701, 32 S.Ct. 352, 56 L.Ed. 614(1912)

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Judges: Jones, Whitaker, Howell, Madden, Littleton

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