S & E Contractors, Inc. v. The United States

ON DEFENDANT’S REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF THE COMMISSIONER’S RECOMMENDED OPINION

NICHOLS, Judge.

This is a contract case before us on defendant’s request for review of our *1374commissioner’s recommended opinion. Stripped of subordinate and extraneous issues, the central question presented is whether the “Wunderlich” Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 321, 322 (1964) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), affords the Government a right to obtain judicial review — coextensive with that of the contractor — of decisions of administrative tribunals unfavorable to it, on contract claims made in the course of the standard…