Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 10, 2004No. 03-5092PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Ford Motor Company appeals the decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims, denying Ford’s claim for certain environmental cleanup costs arising from a World War II bomber contract at Willow Run in Ypsilanti, Michigan.1 We conclude that Ford is entitled to recover the costs of the environmental cleanup that was required by Federal and State agencies. The decision of the Court of Federal Claims is reversed.
BACKGROUND
In 1941 Ford and the United States Army Air Force entered into Contract No. W535-ac-21216 (the War Contract), a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract…
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