Middleton v. Erie Ins.

How courts have described this case

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

• sanctioning ratification when “the Government seeks and receives the benefits from an otherwise unauthorized contract”
• rejecting a dismissal of claims since “Plaintiffs complaint is framed as a breach of contract action, not a negligence or intentional tort action”
• exercising Tucker Act jurisdiction over breach of contract claims by confidential informants
• declining to grant summary judgment in case where an assistant special agent in charge of the drug enforcement administration promised an undercover informant a commission because special agent may have implied actual authority to contract on behalf of government
• complaint alleging that the “United States breached its contract with the Plaintiff when it failed its duty to maintain the secrecy of the Plaintiffs identity, a failure which was the result of careless agents of the DOJ who disclosed the identity of the Plaintiff’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).