United States v. Dinerstein

DOOLING, District Judge.

Plaintiff in 1960 sued a government contractor under Section 19 of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (41 U. S.C.A. § 119) alleging that partial and final payments that it had made on certain terminated contracts in 1946 and 1947 resulted from the contractor’s presenting invoices and certificates that were false in stating the costs and progress of the work, and resulted from the contractor’s concealing from plaintiff the existence of cost records that would have disclosed to plaintiff the true costs. The same facts are realleged as a common law fraud. In separate…