Legal Opinion
General Electric Company, a Corporation v. The United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 17, 1969No. 370-67PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, Judge.
In the court’s view of this case, the main issue for decision is whether, under the Limitation of Cost article1 included in the instant cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, a contracting officer effectively exercised his discretion in favor of allowing overrun costs to the contractor, after General Electric failed to timely notify the Government of the overrun.
The pertinent peripheral facts, as found by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals2 and disclosed by the record, are essentially unchallenged by the parties and can be summarized as follows:
The instant research and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
- John A. Johnson Contracting Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
- John A. Johnson Contracting Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
- Williamsburg Drapery Co. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
- Biddle v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
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3Cited by11 opinions
- American Electronic Laboratories, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
- American Electric Contracting Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1978
- Texas Instruments Incorporated v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Boeing Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
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