Legal Opinion
Capital Electric Company v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 7, 1984No. 83-965PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACK R. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal essentially involves the question of whether, as a matter of law, Capital Electric Company (“Capital”) was entitled, under the suspension of work clause of its contract with the Government, to recover damages for extended overhead and to calculate those damages according to the so-called Eichleay formula (Eichleay Corp., ASBCA No. 5183, 60-2 BCA ¶ 2688 (1960), aff'd on recon., 61-1 BCA ¶ 2894).1 It was stipulated that there were 303 days of compensable delay due to the fault of the Government. The General Services Board of Contract Appeals (“board”)…
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3Cited by69 opinions
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- Chilton Insurance Co. v. Pate & Pate Enterprises, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1996
- Overstreet Electric Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2000
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- Wickham Contracting Co., Inc. v. Dennis J. Fischer, Acting Administrator, General Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
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