Orchards 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.

• Benefitting from the performance of a contract, by itself, does not make one a third-party beneficiary of the contract.
• benefit flowing from contract performance does not create third party beneficiary status; intent is required

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• H.F. Allen Orchards, Elbert B. Schinmann, R.E. Redman & Sons, Inc. v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1984-12-10· cited 373×
• Maniere v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1994-05-17· cited 60×
• Schuerman v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1994-02-10· cited 56×
• Pacific Gas and Electric Co. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2016-10-03· cited 38×
• Klamath Irrigation District v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2005-08-31· cited 33×
• Baudier Marine Electronics, Sales & Service, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-09-06· cited 28×
• Thomas Funding Corp. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1988-09-12· cited 22×
• Flexfab, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2004-09-28· cited 21×
• Peter v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-11-30· cited 21×
• Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-06-12· cited 15×
• Penn Towne Builders, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-03-06· cited 15×
• Morgan v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1987-04-22· cited 13×
• Berberich v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-07-27· cited 11×
• Pope v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1986-02-04· cited 11×
• Metzger, Shadyac & Schwarz v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1987-07-20· cited 11×
• OAO Corp. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1989-05-24· cited 11×
• Aiken v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-03-06· cited 10×
• Clean Giant, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1990-02-07· cited 10×
• National Surety Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1994-07-18· cited 8×
• Sharkey v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1989-07-19· cited 7×

Cites

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

• Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. Merrill
  Supreme Court· 1947-11-10· cited 1,581×
• Moline Properties, Inc. v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-01· cited 1,027×
• Schweiker v. Hansen
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-26· cited 791×
• Miree v. DeKalb County
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-21· cited 657×
• National Carbide Corp. v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1949-03-28· cited 410×
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1923-04-09· cited 354×
• Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-20· cited 282×
• The United States v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1983-08-02· cited 282×
• German Alliance Insurance v. Home Water Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1912-12-02· cited 254×
• Kania v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1981-05-20· cited 227×
• Housing Corp. of America v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1972-11-10· cited 172×
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by William Sheppard, Insurance Commissioner v. National Association of Flood Insurers, an Unincorporated Association
  Third Circuit· 1975-06-13· cited 159×
• Somali Development Bank v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1974-12-18· cited 139×
• Danciger Oil & Refining Co. v. Powell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1941-07-23· cited 134×
• Sutter v. General Petroleum Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1946-06-26· cited 112×
• Porter v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1974-05-15· cited 108×
• Miree v. United States
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-09-07· cited 103×
• D. R. Smalley & Sons, Inc. v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1967-02-17· cited 94×
• Victor Schaffer v. Universal Rundle Corporation, Universal Rundle Corporation v. Victor Schaffer
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-08-12· cited 90×
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1983-08-30· cited 79×

Other cases named Orchards v. United States

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Orchards v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-10-07· cited 2×
• Orchards v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-10-07· cited 2×