Legal Opinion
Belcon Inc. v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 2003No. 01-AA-214PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
The wheels of justice sometimes grind very slowly indeed, and this case, somewhat like the interminable Chancery suit known as Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, 1 appears almost to have achieved a state of perpetuity, with no end as yet in sight. In 1983 Belcon Incorporated entered into a contract with the District of Columbia Department of Public Works Water and Sewer Utility Administration (WASUA) 2 in which Belcon agreed to provide landscaping for a waste water treatment plant. Belcon completed the project in 1985, but disagreements over payment linger. Seven years after three…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Louis A. Carducci v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary, U.S. Treasury DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Ferdinand v. Agricultural Ins. Co. of Watertown, NYSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
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3Cited by24 opinions
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