Hub Industries, Inc. v. United States

This is an action under the War Contract Hardship Claims Act, known as the Lucas Act, 60 Stat. 902, as amended, 62 Stat. 869, 992, 41 U. S. C. § 106 note (1946 Ed. Supp. V), to recover from the United States the sum of an alleged net loss which plaintiff claims it sustained without fault or negligence on its part in the performance of various Government contracts and subcontracts between September 16, 1940, and August 14,1945.

The case was before us in 1953 when defendant moved for summary judgment on grounds that plaintiff had failed to file a proper “written request for relief” with respect…