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· 3/11/1999

United States v. County of Cook, Illinois

Citations

  • 170 F.3d 1084
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 3858

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that § 1631 permits “the transfer of less than all of the claims in an action”
  • stating that prior decisions of this court that did not squarely address an issue are not binding precedent
  • stating that when prior decisions contain no “explicit rule” for decision, those opinions do not provide binding precedent on the issue (citing Nat’l Cable Television Ass’n, Inc. v. Am. Cinema Editors, Inc., 937 F.2d 1572, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1991))
  • upholding the applicability of section 1500 where “both counts seek the same relief-money with interest, albeit under different theories”
  • “Section 1631 allows for the transfer of less than all of the claims in a civil action to the Court of Federal Claims.”
  • “Sec- tion 1631 allows for the transfer of less than all of the claims in a civil action to the Court of Federal Claims.”

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