Phillips v. Mabus

How courts have described this case

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

• considering claim of “de facto debarment in violation of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment”
• “[C]ategorical statements that contractors will not be awarded any future contracts may amount to a de facto debarment.”
• “De facto debarment occurs when a contractor has, for all practical purposes, been suspended or blacklisted from working with a government agency without due process, namely, adequate notice and a meaningful hearing.”
• “[A]n employee’s fiduciary duty ends upon termination of the employment relationship.”
• “The second, third and fourth elements are irrelevant here because [P]laintiffs do not contest that the alleged events occurred substantially within authorized time and space limits or were actuated, in some part, with the purpose to serve the master, nor do they allege the use of force.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).