United States Federal Circuit

Where a contracting officer examined all of the relevant financial data before him, and then carefully articulated a detailed, reasoned explanation for his determination that the successful bidder on a government contract was financially responsible, unsuccessful bidder's challenge to the officer's finding rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/26/2002
• Published 07/26/2002

Judges

• FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Joseph,Dyer Ellis & Joseph, P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief was Brian A. Bannon.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward P. Sullivan, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee United States.   On the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director;  and James M. Kinsella, Deputy Assistant Director, and Matthew P. Reed, Trial Attorney.   Of counsel on the brief was Lt. Col. Douglas Mickle, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Army Litigation Division, Department of the Army, of Arlington, Virginia., David S. Bland, King, LeBlanc & Bland, L.L.P., of New Orleans, Louisiana, argued for defendant-appellee Halter Marine, Inc. Of counsel were Julie M. Araujo, and James W. Noe.