Fifth Circuit: Fisk Electric Company v. DQSI, L.L.C.

As the rights and liabilities arising from claims on a contract to construct a federal building are derivative of federal statutes, federal law governs a claim of fraudulent inducement.

As the federal common law of contracts mirrors the common law, the Restatement standard of de minimis burden to investigate fraudulent inducement, the claim presented a genuine issue of material fact where a party made reasonable attempts to gain the relevant documents through FOIA requests.

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-30091-CV0.pdf