Legal Opinion

Dawco Construction, Inc. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided November 17, 1989No. 450-86CPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

In 1983 the United States awarded a contract to plaintiff for the refurbishment, including landscaping, of a housing project in San Diego, California. The landscaping was subcontracted to J.C. Landscape. A few weeks after award, the landscaping portion of the contract was suspended by defendant for complete redesign of the drainage system. As redesigned, the contract called for landscaping of a significantly smaller area than in the original contract. Plaintiff claimed entitlement to an equitable adjustment increasing the contract price because of differing…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Wunderlich Contracting Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
  2. P.J. Maffei Building Wrecking Corporation v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  3. United States v. Atlantic Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. WRB Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
  5. Foster Construction C. A. And Williams Brothers Company, a Joint Venture, Etc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Fru-Con Construction Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
  2. Dawco Construction, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
  3. Renda Marine, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
  4. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
  5. Hi-Shear Technology Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2002

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