Gene Peters v. The United States

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

The issues in this case, on appeal from the United States Claims Court, * are (1) whether a written modification of a government timber sale contract, by which the contractor agreed to increase the contract price for the timber in return for authority to use a cheaper logging method than the contract specified, was valid; and (2) if valid, whether the modification properly was applied to cover timber cut and removed prior to the modification. In his recommended decision, Trial Judge Yock of the United States Court of Claims upheld the modification, but gave it only…