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