United States v. Wunderlich

This Court is again called upon to determine the meaning of the “finality clause” of a standard form government contract. Respondents agreed tó build a dam for the United States under a contract containing the usual *99“Article 15.”* That Article provides that all disputes involving questions of fact shall be decided by the contracting officer, with the right of appeal to the head of the department “whose decision shall be final and conclusive upon the parties thereto.” Dissatisfied with the resolution of various disputes by the department head, in this instance the Secretary of the Interior,…