Legal Opinion

Weeks Dredging & Contracting, Inc. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided August 28, 1987No. 694-84CPublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REGINALD W. GIBSON, Judge:

I. Introduction

This is a Type I differing site condition case. However, it is not one in which the differing conditions primarily relate to the character or nature of the subsurface materials encountered versus such materials depicted in the contract documents. To the contrary, the conditions averred to have been encountered here, and which are allegedly materially different from contract depictions, relate to excess quantities of gravel, eutaw, and unanticipated sizes of gravel. See The Arundel Corporation v. United States, 515 F.2d 1116, 207 Ct.Cl. 84…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. P.J. Maffei Building Wrecking Corporation v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  2. John J. Demarines and Doris A. Demarines, Husband and Wife v. Klm Royal Dutch AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
  3. Foster Construction C. A. And Williams Brothers Company, a Joint Venture, Etc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
  4. Joseph Sternberger, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Spenco, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
  5. United Contractors, a Co-Partnership Consisting of James E. Ward, Elkin Morris and Andrew J. Dickies v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Fru-Con Construction Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
  2. H.B. Mac, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
  3. Iacobelli Construction, Inc. v. County of Monroe, Rochester Pure Waters District, and Calocerinos & Spina Consulting Engineers, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  4. Spirit Leveling Contractors v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1989
  5. Youngdale & Sons Construction Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1993

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