Precision Pine & Timber, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

DAMICH, Judge.

This contract case is before the Court on the Defendant’s motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment on the issue of liability, dated July 12, 2000, and the Plaintiffs cross-motion for summary judgment, dated September 11, 2000. At issue are 14 timber sale contracts that were suspended by the Forest Service. After consideration of the arguments presented by both parties in their initial and supplemental briefs and at oral argument, the Court determines, for the reasons enumerated below, that the Forest Service breached its implied duty to cooperate…