Legal Opinion
Donovan Construction Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 3, 1957No. 230-53PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLittleton, Judge
Plaintiffs, as prime contractors, have brought this suit on behalf of their subcontractor to recover additional costs incurred by the subcontractor under a Government contract which provided for the construction of a 230,000-volt, double-*98circuit, steel tower transmission line, approximately 18.3 miles long, within the Bureau of Eeclamation’s Central Valley Project in California.
After work had commenced on the contract, a storm of unusual severity occurred along the entire length of the Central Valley in California, resulting in unusually heavy rainfall in the headwater areas in all of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. Blair Ex Rel. Roanoke Marble & Granite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Severin v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1943
- Continental Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1949
- Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
3Cited by22 opinions
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- J. L. Simmons Company, Inc., a Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1962
- Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Keydata Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation and Polytron Company, by and Through Walsh Construction Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1969
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