United States Federal Circuit

In a government contract case in which plaintiff entered into a contract with the government for the dredging of a portion of the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel, denial of various claims made by plaintiff to a contracting officer (CO) seeking additional compensation is affirmed over claims that the Court of Federal Claims erred: 1) insofar as it denied plaintiff compensation for one of its seven differing site condition claims; and 2) in denying it leave to amend its complaint in order to challenge a final decision by the CO.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/11/2007
• Published 12/11/2007

Judges

• SCHALL, Circuit Judge., Before SCHALL, Circuit Judge, PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terry L. Salazar, Quilling Selander Cummiskey Lownds, of Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John E. Kosloske, Senior Trial Counsel, 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, Acting Attorney General and Jeanne E. Davidson, Director.   Of counsel on the brief was P. Alex Petty, Assistant District Counsel, Office of Counsel, United States Army Corps of Engineers, of Galveston, TX.