Stone Forest Industries, Inc. v. The United States, Defendant/cross-Appellant

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the Forest Service Handbook is “a general guide for use by Forest Service employees,” which “does not have the force and effect of law”
• holding that materiality is determined by the totality of events and circumstances
• considering contract language and the intent of the parties in finding that a contract was not divisible
• “Not every departure from the literal terms of a contract is sufficient to be deemed a material breach.”
• “Upon material breach of a contract the non-breaching party has the right to discontinue performance of the contract . . .”
• “Not every departure from the literal terms of a contract is sufficient to be deemed a material breach.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).