judgment in favor of the government on the breach of contract claim. City Line alleges that enactment of LIHPRHA and HUD's enforcement of this act was an unlawful denial of City Line's contractual right to prepay its mortgage after twenty years and exit the program. In 2001, the trial court held on summary judgment that the enactment of LIHPRHA was a "public and general act" and applied the sovereign acts doctrine as a defense to the breach of contract claim as a matter of law. We review a grant of summary judgment de novo. Cienega Gardens v. United States, 331 F.3d 1319, 1329 (Fed.Cir.2003) (Cienega VIII).
The government does not contest the fact that City Line was in privity of contract with the government at the time that LIHPRHAsimple. A source familiar with the situation tells paidContent that staff members were told Friday in a conference call that they were being laid off effective Dec. 9. Cofounders Heather Stephenson and Jennifer Boulden, who started the company in 2005, signed three-year contracts in 2008. They have not yet returned voice messages; Leigh Zarelli, a Disney VP working with emerging business acquisitions, referred questions to Bergman. A staffer who did return my call said I may have gotten some misinformation but couldn't talk about it.

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