Legal Opinion

Fruin-Colnon Corporation v. The United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided August 10, 1990No. 90-1059PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PLAGER, Circuit Judge.

Fruin-Colnon Corporation (“Fruin”) entered into a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Government”) to construct an addition to an existing Government building in St. Louis. Part way through performance of the contract, the parties fell into disagreement over how the electrical subcontract should be performed, a dispute based on a difference in interpretation of the contract terms. The dispute was resolved only by the Government ordering Fruin to do it the Government’s way, and Fruin doing it. This involved redoing some of the work already completed, and…

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