Legal Opinion

Sanders v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided May 7, 1945No. 45469PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LITTLETON, Judge.

The question presented is whether the defendant unreasonably delayed plaintiff in the completion of the contract of July 9, 1936, by failing to exercise proper diligence and to furnish with reasonable promptness an adequate number of skilled and semiskilled workmen, and in declining for an unreasonable length of time to release plaintiff from the requirements of art. 20 of the contract (finding 4) on account of the failure or inability of the Employment Service to furnish or refer sufficient workmen to properly man the job.

We think defendant did unreasonably delay plaintiff.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. Blair Ex Rel. Roanoke Marble & Granite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Seeds v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1940

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. 2 Fair empl.prac.cas. 356, 2 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,166 Pete Gomez v. Florida State Employment ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. v. Department of EmploymentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Henry Ericsson Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1945
  4. Harwood-Nebel Construction Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1945
  5. E. J. Albrecht Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1945

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