Legal Opinion · Dissent

Vulcan Arbor Hill Corp. v. Reich

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 19, 1996No. 95-5162Published

1Dissent

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON,

Circuit Judge, dissenting:

On April 1,1985 Vulcan Arbor Hill Corporation (developer) signed a Legally Binding Commitment (LBC) agreeing “to comply with the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act.” JA 144. The Davis Bacon Act (Davis Bacon) “guaranteed to workers on federal construction projects a minimum wage based on locally prevailing wage rates.” Building & Constr. Trades’ Dep’t, AFL-CIO v. Donovan, 712 F.2d 611, 613 (D.C.Cir.1983); see 40 U.S.C. § 276a. The majority concludes that “the language of [the] contract” unambiguously commits the developer to pay prevailing wages…

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