Legal Opinion
Orlando Helicopter Airways, Inc. v. Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 23, 1995No. 94-1399PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Orlando Helicopter Airways, Inc. (OHA), seeks to recover excess costs it incurred on a firm fixed price contract when the government investigated it for safety violations and fraud. The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (Board) held that the sovereign acts doctrine barred recovery of costs which stemmed from the government’s criminal investigation, but that OHA might still recover costs for changes the contracting officer imposed. Orlando Helicopter Airways, Inc., ASBCA No. 45778, 94-2 BCA 126, 751, at 133,080. Because the Board did not err in exercising…
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