United States v. Commercial Am. Barge Line Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he government is under no obligation to accept bids and [] no legal relationship arises from the submission of the bid.” (citation omitted)
• “Moreover, since the agreement was open-ended, we cannot conclude that it ended at any time prior to the 1992 letter that is the subject of this dispute.”
• “Section 412 imposes the statutory penalties of s 411 upon any boat or vessel violating s 40[8].... Accordingly, the Court assesses a penalty of $500.00 against each of the offending vessels.”
• dicta stating proof that United States solely at fault is defense
• dicta stating proof that United States solely at fault is defense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).