Legal Opinion

Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. All State Boiler, Inc., All State Boiler, Inc. v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided June 25, 1998No. 96-1093, 96-1094PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal require us to re-examine and clarify the legal test a contractor must satisfy to recover unabsorbed overhead expenses that result from a government-caused suspension in contract performance. The government appeals the final decision by the Veterans Affairs Board of Contract Appeals (the “Board”) in All State Boiler, Inc., VABCA No. 4537 (July 6, 1995), arguing that the Board misconstrued the legal test by requiring All State Boiler, Inc. (“All State”) to show only that it would have been impractical, rather than impossible, to take on…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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3Cited by37 opinions

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