United States Federal Circuit

Summary judgment requiring the government to reimburse plaintiff-contractor for 80 percent of its costs of performance in a dispute over a development and construction contract is reversed where termination under the contract's termination-for-the-convenience-of-the-government clause required payment of all the costs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/19/2006
• Published 01/19/2006

Judges

• FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before MAYER, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert J. Symon, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James W. Poirier, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General and David M. Cohen, Director.