Cross Petroleum, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

MILLER, Judge.

This case comes for decision after trial on the reasonableness of the Government’s remediation of a national park contaminated by a gasoline spill. The wrongfully terminated contractor contends that the Government’s cleanup efforts exceeded what the contractor would have done if it had been afforded the opportunity to clear the site of contaminants. Defendant claims that its remediation course, still ongoing at the time of trial, was commensurate with the industry standard.

In an earlier trial, the court found that the Government had wrongfully terminated plaintiff’s…