Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Heflin

How courts have described this case

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• stating “a plaintiff can recover reliance damages as an alternative; this includes expenditures in preparation and part performance.”
• “[R]atification can only occur where the person ratifying the agreement has knowledge of the material facts pertaining to the agreement.”
• “The primary question is whether a contract ... came into existence between the [plaintiff] and the Smithsonian. A party alleging a contract with the United States must prove .... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).