Edelstein v. South Post Officers Club, Civ. A. No. 567.

Decision Date25 April 1951
Docket NumberCiv. A. No. 567.
Citation118 F. Supp. 40
PartiesEDELSTEIN v. SOUTH POST OFFICERS CLUB.
CourtU.S. District Court — Eastern District of Virginia

George M. Giammittorio, Alexandria, for plaintiff.

George R. Humrickhouse, U. S. Atty. for defendant.

BRYAN, District Judge.

This action must be dismissed as a suit against an agency of the United States to which the United States has not consented.The South Post Officers Club is an instrumentality of the Government, formed as a necessary adjunct to, and an integral part of, the Military Establishment of the United States under the direction of the Secretary of War, now the Secretary of the Army, with Congressional authorization.It is wholly owned by the United States.Standard Oil Co. v. Johnson, 316 U.S. 481, 62 S.Ct. 1168, 86 L.Ed. 1611;Army RegulationsNo. 210-50andNo. 210-60.The United States has not waived its sovereign immunity, of which its agency partakes, as to contract obligations of the Club.

Even if the complaint were amended to name the United States as defendant, under Title 28, § 1346, United States Code, the action could not be maintained, because contracts made by the Club are not obligations...

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