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Contracts -- 1959 Tennessee Survey, Paul J. Hartman
Contracts -- 1959 Tennessee Survey, Paul J. Hartman
Vanderbilt Law Review
The distinction between an implied contract (implied in fact) and a quasi contract (implied in law) was presented in a somewhat unusual fashion in the federal case of Holbert v. United States decided by the District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Whether or not a federal district court had jurisdiction over plaintiff's case turned on whether the claim was based on implied contract or on quasi contract.
One of the grounds on which the Tucker Act confers jurisdiction on federal district courts to entertain actions against the United States is where the claim is based "upon any express …
Book Reviews, Robert B. Looper, Ralph Slovenko
Book Reviews, Robert B. Looper, Ralph Slovenko
Vanderbilt Law Review
Cases and Materials on Restitution By John W. Wade Brooklyn: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1958. Pp. xxxi, 903. $11.00.
reviewer: Robert B. Looper
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Equal Justice for the Accused By a Special Committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and The National Legal Aid Association New York: Doubleday & Co., 1959. Pp. 144. $3.50.
reviewer: Ralph Slovenko