Hotpoint Inc. v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

The plaintiff brought suit in this court pursuant to Section 13(b) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944. 1 The plaintiff is suing for $18,934.88, representing charitable contributions made by it during the years 1942 to 1945 on the ground that the contributions are reimbursable costs under its cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the War Department (now the Department of the Army.) The plaintiff’s contract, entered into on March 18, 1942, did not expressly provide for reimbursement of charitable contributions. The contract was for the installation and operation of an ordnance…