Arundel Corp. v. United States

Plaintiff claims damages for alleged excess costs, extra work, and delays under a contract in connection with a flood control project authorized as a public work under the National Industrial Recovery Act.. The entire project covered areas in three counties in the Muskingum river valley in Ohio. It involved the construction of a number of dams, reservoirs, and levees, as well as the relocation of parts of nine different railroad lines and several utility lines.

Contracts for different phases of the extensive project were made with various companies. The relocation of the railroad lines…