5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 68 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Total Medical Management, Inc. v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total Medical Management, Inc. v. United States Anchor | green | “a mutual intent to contract including offer, acceptance, and consideration; and authority on the part of the government representative who entered or ratified the agreement to bind the united states in contract.” | 17 |
| 2 | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States | green | “unless the meeting of minds was indicated by some intelligible conduct, act or sign.” | 15 |
| 3 | Trauma Service Group v. United States | green | “founded upon a meeting of the minds, which, although not embodied in an express contract, is inferred, as a fact, from conduct of the parties showing, in the light of the surrounding circumstances, their tacit understanding.” | 14 |
| 4 | Urban Data Systems, Inc. v. The United States | green | “is not bound by its agents acting beyond their authority and contrary to regulation.” | 11 |
| 5 | Total Medical Management, Inc. v. United States | green | “the requirements for a valid contract with the united states are: a mutual intent to contract including offer, acceptance, and consideration; and authority on the part of the government representative who entered or ratified the agreement to bind the united states in contract.” | 11 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.