Legal Opinion
Bennett v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 20, 1967No. 155-58PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CollxNS, Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of the court:
On June 15, 1951, plaintiff, an individual doing business as George Bennett Construction Company, was awarded a contract calling for the construction of a levee and appurtenances on the Missouri River, near Kansas City, Missouri. At issue here is a matter of contract interpretation, the specific question being whether plaintiff’s view of the plans and specifications- — restricting the amount of necessary excavation to an area short of that which defendant seeks to include — was a reasonable construction of the contract. Under protest and upon…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Anthony Grace & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- J. D. Hedin Construction Company, Inc., for Its Own Use and for the Use of Fischbach & Moore, Its Sub-Contractor v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
- Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1947
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3Cited by38 opinions
- G.M. Shupe, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1984
- Max Drill, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- Perry and Wallis, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- Chris Berg, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1972
- Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., Third-Party Intervenor v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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