Legal Opinion
Newsom v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 7, 1982No. App. No. 11-80PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, Judge
This case is an appeal by petitioner, George E. Newsom, of a decision of the Veterans Administration Board of Contract Appeals (board).1 The board found that certain parts of the contract for hospital improvements were patently ambiguous and that, having failed to consult with the contracting officer about the ambiguities, petitioner was barred from recovering for work done beyond that required under petitioner’s interpretation of the contract. We affirm the decision of the board.
On August 28, 1978, the Veterans Administration (VA) issued an invitation for bids for building medi-prep and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Beacon Construction Co. of Massachusetts v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Blount Brothers Construction Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
- Space Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1972
- L. Rosenman Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- S.O.G. of Arkansas v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
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3Cited by112 opinions
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- Community Heating & Plumbing Company, Inc. v. Admiral Frank B. Kelso, Ii, Acting Secretary of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
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- Triax Pacific, Inc. v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
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