Legal Opinion

Woodcrest Construction Company, Inc. And the Home Indemnity Company, as Completing Surety v. The United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided March 14, 1969No. 32-67PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*408ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DEFENDANT’S CROSS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DURFEE, Judge*

The contract herein was basically a unit price contract for the construction of modifications and additions to the Central Control Building and the Telephone Exchange Building at the Cape Canaveral (now Cape Kennedy) Missile Test Annex at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. After a number of contract modifications and time extensions, Wooderest’s contract was terminated for default, and the Home Indemnity Company, Wooderest’s surety, completed the job. Because of alleged late completions,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Beacon Construction Co. of Massachusetts v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  3. United States v. Atlantic Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. Blount Brothers Construction Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
  5. United Contractors, a Co-Partnership Consisting of James E. Ward, Elkin Morris and Andrew J. Dickies v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Community Heating & Plumbing Company, Inc. v. Admiral Frank B. Kelso, Ii, Acting Secretary of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
  2. P.J. Maffei Building Wrecking Corporation v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  3. Electronic and Missile Facilities, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1969
  4. Foster Construction C. A. And Williams Brothers Company, a Joint Venture, Etc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
  5. John G. Vann and Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970

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