Racine Screw Co. v. United States

The Ordnance Department of the Army on June SO, 19'50, awarded plaintiff company a contract for 130,000 shells to be produced for and delivered to the United States. With immaterial exceptions the company failed to produce and deliver the shells. Before the departmental agencies and thereafter in this court the company attributed the failure primarily to a national steel shortage, and to other secondary causes. However, after the end of the delay due to the steel shortage the company still failed to produce and deliver the shells within a time extended to make up for that delay. The…