Legal Opinion
Brookfield Construction Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided September 23, 1981No. 555-79CPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, Judge
The Contract Disputes Act of 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-563, 92 Stat. 2383, 41 U.S.C. 601 et seq. (Supp III, 1979) — in its summary transitional provision for the interim between, on the one hand, complete non-coverage by the new statute of government contracts, and, on the other, full prospective coverage for wholly new agreements made after the Act became law — presents numerous problems of interpretation.1 These are transient, of course, but many of them are important for both contractors and Government. The present case falls into that class. It involves a pre-Act agreement and contract-claims…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Soriano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Paragon Energy Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1981
- United States v. Mescalero Apache TribeUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
- United States v. ZazoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by64 opinions
- James M. Ellett Construction Company, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
- Fidelity Construction Company v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Servidone Construction Corporation, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Allen S. Berman v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- G.M. Shupe, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1984
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