Russ v. Great American Ins.

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• holding that general waiver of sovereign immunity is not enough to hold United States liable for interest; interest payments must be expressly provided for by statute.
• “When conducting shipping busi- ness with the government a common carri- er does not have to abide by its published (tariff) rates.”
• “When conducting shipping business with the government a common carrier does not have to abide by its published (tariff) rates.”
• “Interest is not recoverable in a suit against the government unless it has expressly provided for its recovery”
• emphasis in original and citing The Singer Co., Librascope Division v. United States, 215 Ct.Cl. 281, 284, 568 F.2d 695, 698 (1977); See also Library of Congress v. Shaw, 478 U.S. 310, 106 S.Ct. 2957, 92 L.Ed.2d 250 (1986

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).