Legal Opinion

E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, and United States of America v. Lyles & Lang Construction Company

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 2, 1955No. 6852_1PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in an action to recover agreed compensation under the terms of a contract and damages for an alleged breach. The contract was one entered into by the plaintiff, Lyles & Lang Construction Company, as a subcontractor, with the defendant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, the holder of a contract with the United States Atomic Energy Commission for the construction of the Savannah River project. Under the contract sued on plaintiff agreed with defendant to construct 75 dormitory buildings to house 7,500 workers on the project,…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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  4. United States v. WunderlichSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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