British-American Tobacco Co. v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• applying section 1500 where plaintiff sought tort damages in the district court and contract damages in the Court of Claims
• seeking tort damages in the district court and contract damages in the Court of Claims
• “claim” has no reference to the legal theories by which a claimant seeks to enforce his demand, but to the underlying facts
• operative facts setting up liability in both tort and contract constitute same claims although theory of relief different
• terminology of recovery theories does not obscure common identity of two claims