McGannon v. State ex rel. Dennis

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• discussing the application of foreign law in the United States Claims Court
• no prejudice shown when plaintiff adequately argued against affirmative defense raised for first time in defendant’s motion for summary judgment
• “Plaintiff was not prejudiced by defendant’s failure to assert the affirmative defense of statute of frauds [because] [p]laintiff has adequately argued against defendant’s motion for summary judgment.”
• “Plaintiff was not prejudiced by defendant’s failure to assert the affirmative defense of statute of frauds [since] [p]laintiff has adequately argued against defendant’s motion for summary judgment.”
• “In the context of contracts between the federal government and its citizens, the courts have opted for a uniform federal common law of contracts as the federal rule of decision, to avoid the uncertainty of conflicting state laws.”
• also citing Clearfield and stating, “In the context of contracts between the federal government and its citizens, the courts have opted for a uniform federal common law of contracts as the federal rule of decision, to avoid the uncertainty of conflicting state laws.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).