D. R. Smalley & Sons, Inc. v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• holding that the conditional grant of federal funds to Ohio for highway projects did not make the federal government hablé for Ohio’s acts or omissions
• asserting that “[i]t would be farfetched indeed to impose liability on the Government for the acts and omissions of the parties who contract to build the projects, simply because it requires the work to meet certain standards”
• finding federal grants insufficient to warrant agency relationship, regardless of accompanying performance standards