Level 3 Communications, LLC 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 agency abused its discretion by failing to allow offeror to submit map in file format required by solicitation through clarification
• determining that a “[s]ubmission of the [clearer map]” was a clarification because it “would not have varied the terms of Level 3’s offer” and was only to “confirm Level 3’s proposal”
• giving weight to the fact that the offeror made representations in the proposal concerning the substance of the missing information
• giving weight to the fact that the offeror made representations in the proposal concerning the substance of the missing information
• giving weight to the fact that the offeror made representations in the proposal concerning the substance of the missing information
• “In this case, as in BCPeabody, the CO had ‘virtually overwhelming cause’ to seek clarification from Level 3, because of its ‘significantly lower’ price.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Level 3 Communications, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2017-03-16· cited 1×
• Rx Joint Venture, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2018-09-19
• Criterion Systems, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2018-09-19
• Telesis Corporation v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2018-12-18
• Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2019-01-16
• 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2021-03-16
• Pae Aviation and Technical Services, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2021-10-21
• Iap Worldwide Services, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2022-04-05
• Alisud - Gesac Handling - Servisair 2 Scarl v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2022-09-08
• Aspire Therapy Services & Consultants, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2023-06-13
• Hii Shipcycle, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2026-03-18

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 8,453×
• Bannum, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2005-04-21· cited 1,137×
• Impresa Construzioni Geom. Domenico Garufi v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2001-01-03· cited 1,118×
• Information Technology & Applications Corporation v. United States, and Rs Information Systems, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2003-01-10· cited 651×
• Axiom Resource Management, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2009-05-04· cited 553×
• Myers Investigative and Security Services, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2002-01-08· cited 480×
• Honeywell, Inc. v. The United States v. Haz-Tad, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1989-04-05· cited 433×
• Centech Group, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2009-02-03· cited 429×
• Alfa Laval Separation, Inc. v. United States, and Westfalia Separators, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1999-05-07· cited 392×
• Fmc Corporation and Monsanto Company v. The United States, and Rotem Fertilizers Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 1993-08-19· cited 389×
• Nvt Technologies, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2004-06-03· cited 360×
• Savantage Financial Services, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2010-02-22· cited 210×
• Community Heating & Plumbing Company, Inc. v. Admiral Frank B. Kelso, Ii, Acting Secretary of the Navy
  Federal Circuit· 1993-03-11· cited 209×
• In Re Sang-Su Lee
  Federal Circuit· 2002-01-18· cited 209×
• American Fed. of Govt. Employees v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2001-07-23· cited 200×
• PGBA, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2003-09-15· cited 114×
• Bcpeabody Construction Services, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2013-09-25· cited 74×
• Hospital Klean of Texas, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2005-05-17· cited 66×
• Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2011-08-09· cited 53×
• Furniture By Thurston v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-02-21· cited 46×

Other cases named Level 3 Communications, LLC v. United States

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Level 3 Communications, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2016-11-14· cited 1×
• Level 3 Communications, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2017-03-16· cited 1×
• Level 3 Communications, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2016-10-20