United States Federal Circuit

The government is foreclosed, in the Court of Federal Claims, from collaterally attacking a district court's exercise of its authority under the All Writs Act, to stay the running of the Contract Disputes Act filing period.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/04/2002
• Published 09/04/2002

Judges

• Before MICHEL, CLEVENGER, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence A. Kasten,Lewis and Roca LLP, of Phoenix, AZ, filed a response to the petition for rehearing for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth S. Kessler, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, filed a combined petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc for defendant-appellee.   With him on the petition were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director;  and Donald Kinner, Assistant Director.