Legal Opinion

Construction Services in Samoa Inc. v. American Samoa Government

High Court of American Samoa

Decided November 23, 2005No. CA No. 41-03Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

Introduction

On March 16, 2001, plaintiff Construction Services In Samoa ("CSS") entered into a construction contract with defendant American Samoa Government, Department of Port Administration ("ASG"). In short, the contract required CSS to complete the third and final phase ("Phase III") of a dock rehabilitation project ("the project") in the Pago Pago Harbor.1 Although Phase III involved erecting a small guardhouse, a fence, and some drainage causeways, the vast majority of work (roughly 70-80%) involved pouring and finishing a concrete dock in the Pago Pago port.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. SpearinSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. De La Concha of Hartford, Inc. v. Aetna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  3. Souza & McCue Construction Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  4. Gautier v. General Telephone Co.California Court of Appeal · 1965
  5. Elm Street Builders, Inc. v. Enterprise Park Condominium Ass'nConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001

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