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Federal Claims· 2/10/1994

Schuerman v. United States

Citations

  • 30 Fed. Cl. 420
  • 1994 U.S. Claims LEXIS 32
  • 1994 WL 48468

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting second prong of Baudier test as inapplicable unless members of general public bring suit against promisors who contract with Government to render public service
  • delimiting analysis of third-party beneficiary status when alleged contract with Government is for private rather than public benefit
  • rejecting the second prong of the Baudier test as inapplicable unless members of the general public bring suit against promisors who contract with the Government to render a public service
  • reviewing Court of Claims third party beneficiary cases and noting that “[t]he court carefully must distinguish between incidental and indirect beneficiaries and direct beneficiaries, only the latter of which qualify for third-party beneficiary status.”
  • limiting the two-party Baudier test to its first prong: the “intention-to-benefit” test
  • “For purposes of determining whether a party qualifies as a third-party beneficiary, a court should focus its inquiry upon only the first prong * * *.”

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Judges: Nettesheim

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