Legal Opinion
Northern Corporation v. Chugach Electric Ass'n
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1974No. 1758, 1768PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
In Northern Corporation v. Chugach Electric Association, 518 P.2d 76 (Alaska 1974), we held that Northern was entitled to recover under the changes clause of its contract for expenses incurred in trying to perform its contractual obligation by a method which proved to be impossible. This case presented a novel question with reference to alleged damages arising out of attempts to perform a public contract by a specified method (hauling rock across a frozen lake). Most cases presenting analogous problems involve situations where the government has set forth in the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. SpearinSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- J. D. Hedin Construction Company, Inc., for Its Own Use and for the Use of Fischbach & Moore, Its Sub-Contractor v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
- Flippin Materials Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Laburnum Construction Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Maxwell Dynamometer Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Fairbanks North Star Borough v. Kandik Construction, Inc. & AssociatesAlaska Supreme Court · 1990
- Martin v. MaldonadoAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- B-E-C-K Constructors v. State, Department of HighwaysAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Chugach Electric Ass'n v. Northern Corp.Alaska Supreme Court · 1977
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