Legal Opinion
Broad Avenue Laundry & Tailoring v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided June 16, 1982No. App. No. 28-81PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNichols, Judge
This case is an appeal under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C. § 601 and ff, seeking review of a decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA). Broad Avenue Laundry & Tailoring, ASBCA No. 25136, 81-1 BCA ¶ 14,895 (1980). It presents important questions whether respondent can repudiate a contracting officer’s written modification of a fixed price contract and refuse to bear the pecuniary consequences on the ground that the modification was outside the contracting officer’s authority, because based on a mistake of law.
The contract, awarded July 2, 1979, ran a year…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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