Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. v. United States

This case comes before the court on defendant’s request, filed April 18, 1975, for review by the court of Trial Judge Louis Spector’s recommended decision of February 5, 1975. The case has a long and detailed history, 'having already occasioned five Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals decisions, two recommended trial judge opinions, and one decision by this court, 194 Ct. Cl. 461, 489 F. 2d 185 (1971).

In an experiment sponsored by the American Bar Association 'and the Federal Judicial Center, and assented to by all parties concerned, the above named panel, sitting in Washington,…