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Steinberg v. United States
Citation:
90 Fed.Cl. 435 (2009)Facts
JCCIC was in charge of planning the inauguration ceremony for the 2009 inauguration. It announced it would distribute 240,000 complimentary tickets to the inauguration that could be obtained by the public by contacting their congressperson. Steinberg obtained 2 tickets. He then traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the inauguration. When he got there, he was not allowed in to watch the inauguration. Steinberg claims that he was never warned that there was a chance he might not be admitted into the inauguration. Steinberg claims JCCIC knew many ticket holders would not be admitted into the ceremony and they had a contractual duty to warn him of this possibility, so he could make an educated decision before incurring any travel expenses. Steinberg then filed this claim.
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