United States Fourth Circuit

The Contracts Disputes Act, which is a statutory scheme for resolving contractual conflicts between the US and government contractors, is not applicable to plaintiff-United Kingdom's breach-of-contract action and does not divest the district court of subject matter jurisdiction over the claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2005
• Published 09/06/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Richard Osgood Duvall, Holland & Knight, L.L.P., Mclean, Virginia, for Appellant.  Alan Arnold Pemberton, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Jennifer A. Short, David B. Dempsey, Eric L. Yeo, Holland & Knight, L.L.P., McLean, Virginia, for Appellant.  Eugene D. Gulland, Jennifer L. Plitsch, Derron J. Blakely, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Douglas N. Letter, Sushma Soni, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.