United States v. Sweet Briar, Inc.

WYCHE, Chief Judge.

On May 16, 1950, the United States of America filed its complaint under section 2 of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, 49 Stat. 2036, 41 U.S.C.A. § 35 et seq., hereinafter called the Act, to recover of the defendants liquidated damages as determined and found to be due it in an earlier administrative proceeding conducted under section 5 of the same Act. The complaint alleges that the Secretary of Labor on January 9, 1947, issued a complaint under section 5 of the Act, charging, among other things, that in the performance of eleven specified Government contracts subject…