Legal Opinion
Perini Corp. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 20, 1967No. 228-68PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowen, Chief Judge
The central issue in this contract case is whether a substantial variation from an estimated quantity in contract specifications constitutes a changed condition within the meaning of the standard Changed Conditions article, when the facts establish that the variation was foreseen by the contractor and should reasonably have been anticipated by the Government. That question, and a host of related ones, have generated protracted proceedings before the contracting officer, the Corps of Engineers Claims and Appeals Board, and in this court.1 What is unique here is that the Government rather than…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brawley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- 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
- Kaiser Industries Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
- John A. Johnson Contracting Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
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3Cited by30 opinions
- P.J. Maffei Building Wrecking Corporation v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
- Foster Construction C. A. And Williams Brothers Company, a Joint Venture, Etc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- Lathan Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1990
- Iacobelli Construction, Inc. v. County of Monroe, Rochester Pure Waters District, and Calocerinos & Spina Consulting Engineers, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Sundstrand Turbo, a Division of Sundstrand Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
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