Legal Opinion

Construction Service Co. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided March 18, 1966No. 525-59PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCollins, Judge

In 1955, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded to plaintiff a contract for the erection of a dam at Letterkenny Ordnance Depot, Pennsylvania. Plaintiff seeks, in the present action, to recover additional compensation for the construction of the spillway bucket* a portion of the dam (described in finding 6(b), infra). The payments which plaintiff received for the concrete used in the spillway bucket were based upon the classification, gravity concrete ($16.25 per cubic yard). According to plaintiff, the concrete in question should have been classified as reinforced concrete ($75 per cubic…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. WPC Enterprises, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  3. Beacon Construction Co. of Massachusetts v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  4. Flippin Materials Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  5. Brock & Blevins Company, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United Contractors, a Co-Partnership Consisting of James E. Ward, Elkin Morris and Andrew J. Dickies v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
  2. The Martin Lane Company, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
  3. Tombigbee Constructors v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
  4. Emerson-Sack-Warner Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1969
  5. Chevron Chemical Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1984

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