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PORTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 111-73.

496 F.2d 583 (1974)

Rose Marie PORTER et al. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

May 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Meade, Washington, D. C., attorney of record for plaintiffs.

Gerald L. Schrader, Washington, D. C., with whom was Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. Irving Jaffe, for defendant.

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, and DAVIS, SKELTON, NICHOLS, KASIWA, KUNZIG and BENNETT, Judges.

KUNZIG, Judge:

The court is confronted in this case with a jurisdictional question of first impression: is the United States subject to suit (1) for alleged breach of a contract negotiated by officials serving in the capacity of administrators for the United States Pacific Islands Trust Territory, or (2) for an alleged taking of property arising from actions by such officials pursuant to that contract? We conclude that the court lacks jurisdiction over either of these...

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