Joseph Seravalli, John Seravalli, Jr., and the Brookchester Corporation v. The United States

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from the United States Claims Court, the United States challenges as excessive the damages awarded against it for breach of contract. The government’s principal contention is that the Claims Court used an impermissible method of calculating damages. The government also contends that in any.event the damages were excessive. We reject both of these contentions and therefore affirm.

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In February 1984, the appellees, as high bidders, entered into a contract to purchase for $126,500 an apartment complex in New Haven, Connecticut, that the Department of Housing…