Court Opinion

ID: 9610806
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:47:40.28054+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:04.860593
License: Public Domain

LARAMORE, Judge
(dissenting).
Section 227 specifically directs the Comptroller General to withhold, if the plaintiff is indebted to the United States in any manner, and sets forth the procedure to be followed which completely and adequately safeguards the rights of both parties.
This section gives the Government the right to either assert the indebtedness due it as a counterclaim or in a suit in the district court.
If the Government did not immediately institute suit for collection of such indebtedness, the plaintiff’s remedy is by mandamus and not by frustrating the purpose of this statute by suing in this court on their judgment.
Since, as stated in oral argument, the Government has complied with the statute by suing in the district court, I would dismiss plaintiff’s petition.