Legal Opinion

Monolith Portland Midwest Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 21, 1949No. 12200PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODMAN, District Judge.

Whether a contractor may maintain a court action against the United States for damages because of the termination by the United States of a war contract pursuant to the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 785, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 1651 et seq., or whether relief ab initio can only be sought administratively under the Contract Settlement Act of 1944, 41 U.S.C.A. § 101 et seq., 58 Stat. 649, is the main question presented in this appeal.

The contract’in suit was made on June 28, 1943 between appellant, a cement company, and Defense Plant…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. HirschSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. JG Menihan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. MacAuley v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. G. L. Christian and Associates v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  2. Richard Murillo v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of the U. S. Department of HewCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  3. G. L. Christian & Associates v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  4. Butz Engineering Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
  5. Davis v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964

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