Legal Opinion

J. W. Bateson Company, Inc. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 26, 1962No. 19392PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment against J. W. Bateson Co. for $42,264.93, the amount was allegedly overpaid on a Government construction contract.

Although this controversy is concerned solely with the method of computing the-contract price for the construction of 250 houses and certain other buildings at Camp Pickett, Virginia, it is inextricably-interwoven with a second contract, also, held by Bateson, for construction at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. On May 8, 1953, the Government partially terminated this second agreement, under which Bateson was to construct 430…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Heidt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
  2. United States v. E. C. NickelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
  3. United States v. RodiekCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. John Reiner & Company, Individually and to the Use of Kurz & Root Company (Incorporated) v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  2. C. J. Langenfelder & Son, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
  3. Nager Electric Company, Inc. And Keystone Engineering Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1971
  4. Praecomm, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
  5. Kennedy Electric Co., Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1973

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