Richardson v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

The parties to this contract dispute agreed to forego trial and have the court render judgment on the entire record and on the merits. This suit is subject to the Contracts Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq. The issue for consideration by the court is whether the plaintiff, a lessor of commercial space to the government under a ten-year lease agreement, constructively evicted the government by failing to provide tenantable space.

*356The plaintiff contends that the defendant breached the lease agreement by unjustifiably abandoning allegedly tenantable premises…