Horowitz v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that where the government places embargo on shipments of silk by freight, damage to a silk shipper resulting from the embargo cannot be charged to the United States
• noting that \United States when sued as a contractor cannot be held liable for an obstruction to the performance of the particular contract resulting from its public and general acts as a sovereign.\
• government found immune from liability where plaintiffs loss was caused by shipping embargo imposed by government on all shipments of silk
• “[T]he United States when sued as a contractor cannot be held liable for an obstruction to the performance of the particular contract resulting from its public and general acts as a sovereign.”
• ‘‘The United States when sued as a contractor cannot be held liable for an obstruction of the performance of the particular contract resulting from its public and general acts as a sovereign”
• “It has long been held by the Court of Claims that the United States when sued as a contractor cannot be held liable for an obstruction to the performance of the particular contract resulting from its public and general acts as a sovereign.”

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Cited by

169 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Winstar Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1996-07-01· cited 938×
• United States v. Westlands Water District
  E.D. California· 2001-03-13· cited 263×
• Sun Oil Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1978-02-22· cited 236×
• Atlas Corp. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1990-02-02· cited 204×
• Winstar Corp. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1995-08-30· cited 197×
• Wunderlich Contracting Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1965-10-15· cited 167×
• Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1997-08-15· cited 114×
• Galloway Farms, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1987-12-02· cited 113×
• Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2008-09-25· cited 111×
• Hills Materials Company v. Donald B. Rice, Secretary of the Air Force
  Federal Circuit· 1992-12-29· cited 100×
• Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2013-02-27· cited 99×
• D. R. Smalley & Sons, Inc. v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1967-02-17· cited 94×
• Nortz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-02-18· cited 93×
• Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc. v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1993-10-26· cited 86×
• Stockton East Water District v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2009-09-30· cited 77×
• Juda v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-10-05· cited 77×
• Klamath Irrigation District v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2011-02-17· cited 75×
• Hansen Bancorp, Inc., Elmer F. Hansen, Jr., and G. Eileen Hansen v. United States, Defendant-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 2004-05-11· cited 71×
• In Re Texas City Disaster Litigation
  Fifth Circuit· 1952-06-10· cited 56×
• J. A. Jones Construction Company v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1968-02-16· cited 50×

Other cases named Horowitz v. United States

10 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Horowitz v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1919-12-19· cited 20×
• Horowitz v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1923-03-19· cited 11×
• Horowitz v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1926-04-06· cited 5×
• Horowitz v. United States
  First Circuit· 1926-02-02· cited 3×
• Horowitz v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1925-03-09· cited 1×
• Horowitz v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1926-05-03
• Horowitz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1920-04-19
• Horowitz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1920-12-13
• Horowitz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1926-10-11
• Horowitz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-10-07