Southwestern Engineering Company, Cross-Appellant v. Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., Cross-Appellee

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

An engineering company entered into two contracts to design and manufacture power plant components for a utility company. This appeal presents the question whether the contracts allowed the engineering company to recover unabsorbed overhead costs caused by the utility company’s suspension and ultimate termination of the contracts. It also presents the question whether the engineering company was entitled to recover the full contract price. The district court held that the engineering company could recover the unabsorbed overhead costs but not the full contract price.…