Starnes & Co. v. Pierce

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “because plaintiffs’ express contract claim is based solely on” an international agreement, “this court does not have jurisdiction”
• “The law of Panama, a foreign country, cannot act as the waiver of sovereign immunity that is required for Tucker Act jurisdiction in this court.”
• “The law of Panama, a foreign country, cannot act as the waiver of sovereign immunity that is required for Tucker Act jurisdiction in this court.”
• “The law of Panama, a foreign country, cannot act as the waiver of sovereign immunity that is required for Tucker Act jurisdiction in this court.”
• “The law of Panama, a foreign country, cannot act as the waiver of sovereign immunity that is required for Tucker Act jurisdiction in this court.”
• “It is well-established that a duty imposed by law does not create a contract within the Tucker Act jurisdiction of this court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).