Legal Opinion
D & H Distributing Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 6, 1997No. 96-5063PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
The dispute in this government contract case arose when the contractor failed to pay its subcontractor for goods that the subcontractor supplied to the government. After the contractor became insolvent, the subcontractor sought to recover from the government on one of two theories: either (1) that it had entered into an implied-in-fact contract with the government; or (2) that it was a third party beneficiary of the . contract between the government and the contractor. The Court of Federal Claims rejected both theories and dismissed the complaint. D & H Distrib. Co. v.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- G. L. Christian and Associates v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Tuftco Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- MacCaferri Gabions, Inc. v. Dynateria Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
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