Coley Properties Corp. v. United States

This Wunderlich Act case is before the court on cross-motions for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 166(b). Plaintiff Coley Properties Corp. ("Coley”) challenges the decision of the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals insofar as it denied Coley recovery of certain costs and losses it incurred as a result of delays the Post Office Department ("Post Office”) caused in the construction of a building by plaintiff for the Post Office. We reverse the Board on one issue and affirm it on the others.

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In 1964 the Post Office solicited bids on alternative plans for construction of a postal facility…