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on the following issues: (1) whether the lease unambiguously re- quired that OFM's consent to an assignment or sublet be in writing, in which case Massey could not have orally consented, as a matter of law, to Epstein's sublet of the Premises to Fisher, (2) whether OFM was permitted un- der the leas

priate in federal question cases where applicable federal substantive law exists, there is no federal statutory or common law 4. In United Stales! Bedford Associates, 657 Ii.2d 1300 (2d Cir.1981 , cert. denied, 456 U.S. 914. 102 S.Ct. 1767, 72 L.Ed.2d 173 (1982). the Sec. and Circuit upheld the district court's

r, on the following issues: (1) whether the lease unambiguously required that OFM's consent to an assignment or sublet be in writing, in which case Massey could not have orally consented, as a matter of law, to Epstein's sublet of the Premises to Fisher, (2) whether OFM was permitted under the lease to

disputes involving the Government. See Powers v. United States Postal Serv., 671 F.2d 1041, 1043-46 (7th Cir.1982). [FN6] FN4. In United States v. Bedford Associates, 657 F.2d 1300 (2d Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 914, 102 S.Ct. 1767, 72 L.Ed.2d 173 (1982), the Second Circuit upheld the district court's app

er, on the following issues: (1) whether the lease unambiguously required that OFM's consent to an assignment or sublet be in writing, in which case Massey could not have orally consented, as a matter of law, to Epstein's sublet of the Premises to Fisher, (2) whether OFM was permitted under the lease to

t disputes involving the Government. See Powers v. United States Postal Serv., 671 F.2d 1041, 104346 (7th Cir.1982). [FN6] FN4. In United States v. Bedford Associates, 657 F.2d 1300 (2d Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 914, 102 S.Ct. 1767, 72 L.Ed.2d 173 (1982), the Second Circuit upheld the district court's appl

er, on the following issues: (1) whether the lease unambiguously required that OFM's consent to an assignment or sublet be in writing, in which case Massey could not have orally consented, as a matter of law, to Epstein's sublet of the Premises to Fisher, (2) whether OFM was permitted under the lease to

nant disputes involving the Government. See Powers I United States Postal Serv., 671 F.2d 1041, 104346 (7th Cir.1982). [FN6] FN4. In United States Bedford Associates, 657 F.2d 1300 (2d Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 914, 102 S.Ct. 1767, 72 L.Ed.2d 173 (1982), the Second Circuit upheld the district court's appl