· 12/16/1966
New York Airways, Inc. v. The United States. Los Angeles Airways, Inc. v. The United States. Chicago Helicopter Airways, Inc. v. The United States
Citations
- 369 F.2d 743
- 177 Ct. Cl. 800
- 1966 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 277
How courts have described this case
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- finding intent to form a contract where Congress specifically referred to \Liquidation of Contract Authorization\
- finding intent to form a contract where Congress specifically referred to “Liquidation of Contract Authorization”
- explaining “the failure of Congress . . . to appropriate or make available sufficient funds does not repudiate the obligation”
- construing former 31 U.S.C. Sec. 665(a), the predecessor to section 1341(a)(1)
- a statute that provides for payments to carriers for transporting mail
- “It has long been established that the mere failure of Congress to appropriate funds, without further words modifying or repealing, expressly or by clear implication, the substantive law, does not in and of itself defeat a Government obligation created by statute.”
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Judges: Cowen, Jones, Laramore, Davis, Collins
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