... as defined in the agreement, assessed by the Government of Mexico in its capacity as sovereign
for the exploitation of a natural resource, here water from its rivers and lagoons, pursuant to a
concession. Therefore, applying settled principles of contract interpretation, we ...
... Government action, if discretionary, may not be a basis for liability, while ministerial actions may
be, but only if they violate a special duty owed to ... It is derived in part from a provision of the contract
between DOH and DSS in which DOH (a city agency) agreed to perform, in New ...
... the Secretary of Labor of the United States pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act." (The Davis-Bacon
Act [DBA] is now codified in 40 USC § 3141 et seq.) The payment of DBA wages is required by
the Housing Act, which says that any contract between the federal government and a ...