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Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Contracts : From 10/01/04 To 07/01/05

Number of summaries found: 4
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Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Topic: Contracts, Water Law
Title: Orff v. US
Date: 06/23/05
Case Number: 03-1566
Summary: Section 390uu of the Reclamation Reform Act does not waive the United States' sovereign immunity from breach of contract suits.

Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Topic: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
Title: TENET v. DOE
Date: 03/02/05
Case Number: 03-1395
Summary: Plaintiffs' suit, asserting estoppel and due process claims for the CIA's alleged failure to provide them with financial assistance it had promised in return for their espionage services during the Cold War, is barred by Totten v. US, 92 U.S. 105 (1876), which prohibits suits against the Government based on covert espionage agreements.

Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Topic: Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Indian Law
Title: CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLA. v. LEAVITT
Date: 03/01/05
Case Number: 02-1472
Summary: The government's promise to pay "contract support costs" that two Indian Tribes incurred for health services that a government agency, the Indian Health Service, would otherwise have provided, is legally binding.

Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Topic: Admiralty, Contracts, Injury And Tort Law, International Trade
Title: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. KIRBY
Date: 11/09/04
Case Number: 02-1028
Summary: In a maritime case involving a train wreck, plaintiff-railroad company is protected by the Himalaya Clause in the bill of lading, which extends the liability limitation broadly and corresponds to the fact that various modes of transportation would be involved in performing the contract.

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