Legal Opinion
Dominion Resources, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 25, 2011No. 2009-5031, 2009-5032PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MOORE. Circuit Judge GAJARSA concurs-in-part and dissents-in-part.
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
In this spent nuclear fuel (SNF) case, the United States appeals two narrow issues underlying the Court of Federal Claims’ award of damages to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (Dominion) for partial breach of contract. First, the government appeals the trial court’s holding that the Assignment of Claims Act does not prohibit the assignment of existing contract claims to Dominion. Because the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), 42 U.S.C. § 10222, allows such…
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