Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 13, 1953No. 49167PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitaker, Judge
Plaintiff, W. C. Shepherd, entered into a contract with the defendant to construct the Cumberland Oil Field protective levees, which was a part of the Denison Dam and Reservoir Project on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. The Denison Dam is about ten miles below the confluence of the Washita and Red Rivers. After it should have been completed it was expected that the water in the Washita River would be backed up for about forty miles. The Cumberland Oil Field lies adjacent to the Washita River at a point about thirty miles above the Denison Dam, and the backwater would have flooded…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. WunderlichSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. Callahan Walker Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Loftis v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1948
- Ackerlind v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Iowa-Wisconsin Bridge Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1949
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- H.L.C. & Associates Construction Company, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
- ACE Constructors, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2006
- Alvin H. Leal, Trading as Plains Construction Company, and Mercantile National Bank at Dallas, a Corporation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
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