Stephens-Brown, Inc. v. United States

REEVES, Chief Judge.

In the above motion counsel for both parties have submitted able and lucid briefs, rich in the citation of authorities, in support of their respective contentions.

The plaintiff seeks relief under an Act of Congress known as the Lucas Act or the Hardship Claims Act approved August 7, 1946, 41 U.S.C.A. § 106 note. The object of this act was to supplement Section 611, Title 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix. The latter act had for its purpose the amelioration of hardships experienced by contractors with governmental agencies during the prosecution of the war. It was provided by such act…