Legal Opinion
Chalender v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 2, 1954No. 49091PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLittletoN, Judge
Plaintiff1 sues to recover an alleged loss sustained in the performance of a construction contract with the defendant. The petition is in two counts. Count I seeks recovery under the War Contract Hardship Claims Act,2 also known as the Lucas Act, and Count II is a claim for breach of contract.
Under this contract, which was a lump sum contract entered into with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in June 1943, plaintiff was to construct within a period of 61 days an addition or enlargement to the existing water treatment facilities at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Defendant was to furnish virtually all…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- George A. Fuller Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1947
- Fogarty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. Howard P. Foley Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Commerce International Company, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
- WRB Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- River Construction Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1962
- Tecom, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
- Luria Bros. & Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
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