Legal Opinion
Northwest Marine Iron Works v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 20, 1974No. 148-73PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeNNett, Judge
'This case arises from a Government contract1 between *631plaintiff, Northwest Marine Iron Works, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oregon, and the Naval Ship System 'Command of the Department of the Navy. The contract called for the “activation, repair and conversion” by plaintiff of a Navy vessel from a troop transport to a fleet ballistic missile tracking ship. As such, the contract was one for “repair” and not “construction” and, thus, was essentially maritime in nature. New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. Purdy, 258 U.S. 96, 99-100 (1922); Tucker v.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hol-Gar Manufacturing Corp. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
- New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. PurdySupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Tucker v. AlexandroffSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Astro-Space Laboratories, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1972
- Jamsar, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1971
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- PCL Construction Services, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2000
- Southwest Marine of San Francisco, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
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