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12-894L • COPAR PUMICE COMPANY, INC., et al. V. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 09/18/2013
Fifth Amendment Taking; Breach of Settlement Agreement; Forest Service regulation of pumice mines under the Mining Law, 30 U.S.C. §§ 22-42, Common Varieties Act, 30 U.S.C. § 611 et seq., and Jemez National Recreation Area Act, 16 U.S.C. § 460jjj; statute of limitations; collateral estoppel; res judicata; promissory estoppel; unjust enrichment; misrepresentation Signed by Judge Firestone.

13-290C • ARCHURA LLC v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 09/17/2013
Post-Award Bid Protest; Unequal Treatment; Lack of Prejudice; No Substantial Chance of Award; Clarifications; Patent Ambiguity Signed by Judge Firestone.

13-51X • THOMAS CHARLES BEAR, et al., v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 09/17/2013
Congressional Reference Case; Rule 12(b)(1) Motion to Dismiss; Effect of Other Pending Cases; Legal v. Equitable Claims; Indian Canons of Construction. Signed by Judge Wheeler.

09-184C • SEVEN RESORTS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Filed 09/16/2013
Partial Summary Judgment; National Parks Service Concessions Contract; Valuation of Concessioner’s Possessory Interest; Leasehold Surrender Interest; Statutory Interpretation; Contract Interpretation; Implied-in-Fact Contract. Signed by Judge Horn.

12-913C • SAMY GHARB v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 09/12/2013
Pro se Plaintiff; RCFC 12(b)(6); 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a); Sufficiency of a Complaint’s Factual Allegations; Conclusory Statements Signed by Judge Sweeney.

13-319 C • IAN OWEN SHARPE et al., v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 09/04/2013
Motion for Reconsideration;Pro Se Plaintiffs; Frivolous Claims; Sanctions Warranted Signed by Judge Hewitt.

12-175C • JOHNATHAN DANIEL KING, et al., v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/30/2013
Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 216(b); Motion to Transfer Denied; Court of Federal Claims may hear FLSA cases after Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Bormes, 133 S. Ct. 12 (2012) Signed by Judge Firestone.

11-877C • AAA PHARMACY, INC. v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/30/2013
Summary Judgment; Fifth Amendment Taking; Medicare Part B, 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. (2000); 42 C.F.R. § 405.874; Regulatory Taking; Extraordinary Delay; Revocation and Reinstatement of Medicare Billing Privileges; Bad Faith. Signed by Judge Williams.

12-836 L • SHINNECOCK INDIAN NATION v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/29/2013
Court Lacks Jurisdiction over Claims by Federally Recognized Indian Tribe for Denial of Effective Redress in Federal Courts; Amendment of Pleadings; Judicial Takings Claim Fails to State a Claim upon Which Relief Can Be Granted Signed by Judge Hewitt.

13-258C • ALICIA CONNOLLY-LOHR v. UNITED STATES

Filed 08/29/2013
Civilian pay claim; application of the regulations of the Office of Personnel Management that govern the rates of pay for General Schedule employees; 5 C.F.R. § 531.211(b) Signed by Judge Lettow.

08-848C • LUMMI TRIBE OF THE LUMMI RESERVATION, LUMMI NATION HOUSING AUTHORITY, FORT BERTHOLD HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND HOPI TRIBAL HOUSING AUTHORITY v. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/29/2013
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, 25 U.S.C. §§ 4101–4212 (2006): 24 C.F.R. § 1000.318, a regulation directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to remove housing units that are no longer owned or operated by a tribe from the Formula Current Assisted Stock component of the tribe’s funding calculation, does not conflict with the statutory mandate, found at 25 U.S.C. § 4152(b)(1), that the allocation formula be based on housing units a tribe owned or operated as of September 30, 1997. Signed by Judge Wiese.

11-148 C • VLADIMIR KOGAN, MD v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filed 08/27/2013
Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment; Contract Interpretation; Breach of Contract; Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Signed by Judge Hewitt.

12-326C • COUNCIL FOR TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS v. UNITED STATES

Filed 08/27/2013
Claim of breach of a contract entered under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, 25 U.S.C. §§ 450-458ddd-2; applicability of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992; 25 U.S.C. §§ 3401-3417; Contract Disputes Act, now codified as 41 U.S.C. §§ 7101-7109; contracting officer’s authority; third-party beneficiary rights; recovery in quantum meruit Signed by Judge Lettow.

12-697C • ALFONSO TRIGGIANI V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filed 08/26/2013
Pro Se Plaintiff; I.R.C. § 36; First-Time Homebuyer Credit; Definition of First-Time Homebuyer Signed by Judge Hodges.

12-24C • ROB W. FREY V. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/26/2013
RCFC 12(b)(6); RCFC 52.1(c); Disability Determination; Board for Correction of Military Records; Remand Signed by Judge Sweeney.

13-4T • JIBRIL LUGMAN IBRAHIM V. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/26/2013
Illegal Exaction; Tax Refund Claim; 31 U.S.C. § 3720A(c); Tax Refund Offset; Student Loan Debt; pro se. Signed by Judge Sweeney.

13-261T • HUAFENG XU V. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/22/2013
Motion to Dismiss; RCFC 12(b)(1); 28 U.S.C. § 1500; Tohono; 26 U.S.C. § 6512; pro se. Signed by Judge Sweeney.

09-273T • DESERET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION V. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/22/2013
Tax refund claim; Trial; Exchange of radio stations; Like-kind exchange – section 1031 of the Code; Goodwill – qualitative and quantitative aspects; Significant goodwill not transferred in exchange of radio stations; Class lives of depreciable property – sections 167 and 168 of the Code; Air conditioning equipment reclassified; Other assets received proper class lives; Refund process established. Signed by Judge Allegra.

11-733C • THOMAS F. NEENAN, as Trustee of the Thomas F. Neenan, Sr. Revocable Trust V. THE UNITED STATES

Filed 08/22/2013
Contracts; offer versus invitation for an offer; contracting authority. Signed by Judge Bruggink.

11-134T • ROBERT M. HEGER V. UNITED STATES

Filed 08/21/2013
Claim for refund of taxes paid; counterclaim for taxes allegedly due; summary judgment; RCFC 56; forfeiture of fraudulent claims; 28 U.S.C. § 2514; proof of income received subject to taxation Signed by Judge Lettow.

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