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LEWIS v. U.S.

No. 95-5038.

70 F.3d 597 (1995)

James L. LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

November 16, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Shelnutt, Arlington, Virginia, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was Charles Russell Twist, Arlington, Virginia.

Mary L. Smith, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, and Michael S. Kane.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, proceeding under the pseudonym James L. Lewis, claims that he is entitled to a $20,000,000 recovery against the United States. His theory is that by offering to obtain information for the Customs Service, he entered into an implied-in-fact contract with the government, and that the government interfered with his rights under that contract. The Court of Federal Claims dismissed the complaint, holding that the statute on which Lewis...

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