United States v. Quinton Paul Handlon

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• holding that the damages sought for the alleged breach, the imposition of a new tax assessment, would effectively bar the sovereign power to tax
• holding that the special assessment did not breach the enrichment contracts between the utilities and the government by retroactively increasing the price of previously purchased uranium
• noting that plurality found the doctrine inapplicable to risk of loss shifting contracts but that remaining five justices agreed that the doctrine's application is unrelated to the nature of the underlying contract
• describing EPACT liability as \a special assessment to aid in funding the clean-up costs associated with the facilities that provided those enrichment services\
• stating that the parties’ “characterization [of the governmental act] frames the dispositive issue” and then evaluating whether the Government was “acting for the purpose of’ increasing prices charged to plaintiffs or solving problems related to uranium enrichment
• stating that the parties’ “characterization [of the gov- ernmental act] frames the dispositive issue” and then evaluating whether the Government was “acting for the purpose of” increasing prices charged to plaintiffs or solving problems related to uranium enrichment

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