Legal Opinion

K-Con Building Systems, Inc. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 12, 2015No. 2014-5062PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TARANTO, Circuit Judge.

K-Con Building Systems, Inc., entered into a contract with the federal government to construct a building for the Coast Guard. Once K-Con finished, the government imposed liquidated damages for delay in completion. . K-Con sued in the Court of Federal Claims, seeking two forms of relief. First, it requested remission of the liquidated damages on two grounds — that the contract’s liquidated-damages clause was unenforceable and that K-Con was entitled to an extension of the completion date. Second, it requested additional compensation based on work performed in response…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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3Cited by112 opinions

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