Legal Opinion
United States v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and Tenneco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1978No. 77-1748PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals from an order of the district court enforcing an oral settlement purportedly reached between the Department of the Navy and the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., and dismissing as moot the government’s suit for specific performance of a contract for construction of a vessel. We vacate this order because we conclude that the parties’ negotiators did not settle the case orally and because the Attorney General, whose approval was essential, rejected the terms that were ultimately reduced to writing.
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This litigation arises from the Navy’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Derrickson v. City of DanvilleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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