Legal Opinion
K-Con Building Systems, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 30, 2012No. 05-914CPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SWEENEY, Judge.
During trial in this government contract case, counsel for defendant discovered that his client, the United States Coast Guard (“Coast Guard”), possessed three boxes of documents relevant to the case that had not been identified or produced to plaintiff during discovery. Then, before plaintiff had an opportunity to review most of the documents, one of the government’s witnesses caused the documents to be destroyed. Plaintiff moves the court to sanction the government for this inauspicious conduct. For the reasons set forth below, the court finds that sanctions…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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