Pound v. United States

Type

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

April 10, 2003

Case

Pound v. United States

Case status

Decided

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PER CURIAM. Olen Maffett Pound (“Pound”) appeals from a judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing, on res judicata grounds, Pound’s claim that the termination of his lease by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) was a breach of that lease, and dismissing for lack of jurisdiction Pound’s claim that the Corps breached an oral contract concerning the potential transfer of the lease to a third party. Pound v. United States, No. 94-496C (Fed.Cl. Aug.30, 1996) (“Pound I”). Pound also appeals from the subsequent decision by the Court of Federal Claims awarding the government a net recovery of $130,756.86 on its counterclaim for damages resulting from its cleanup and restoration of the property Pound leased. Pound v. United States, 51 Fed. Cl. 712 (2002) (“Pound II’). We affirm, the judgment of the Court of Federal Claims in all respects. BACKGROUND Pound assumed a leasehold interest in a marina site on Sardis Lake, Mississippi, in 1970. The lease provided that Pound could not assign it or sublet the premises without the approval of the District Engineer. In November 1989, Pound was convicted of drug trafficking charges and was sentenced to 240 months’…

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