Levert v. Planters' & Merchants' Bank

How courts have described this case

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• holding that evidence of past payment to a confidential informant did not establish subsequent contractual obligation.
• explaining that institutional ratification cannot occur where agency procedures are not followed
• “[S]elf-serving affidavits, without factual support in the record will not defeat a motion for summary judgment.”
• granting summary judgment because plaintiff presented no evidence to support his affidavit's claim that he had an oral contract with the government
• “[T]he authority to make payments for awards, information, or expenses does not include a delegation to contract on behalf of the Government.”
• “Although Plaintiff has stated in his affidavit that he had an oral contract ... that bare assertion is not sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact____”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).