Legal Opinion
Scott Timber Co. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided March 12, 1998No. Nos. 94-784C, 96-204CPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARGOLIS, Judge.
This contract case is currently before the Court on plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff argues that the government lacked contractual authority to suspend plaintiffs timber harvesting operations under the contracts at issue in this ease, and therefore the government is liable to plaintiff for breach of contract. Defendant argues that it did not breach the contracts at issue because, under the express terms of those contracts, the government reserved the right to…
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