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IMPRESA CONSTRUZIONI GEOM. DOMENICO GARUFI v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts
Contracting officers under the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-320, Sec. 12, 110 Stat. 3870, 3874-75, generally have...

MARATHON OIL CO. v. US

Government Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
A purported loss in value of oil and gas leases is not a tangible benefit imparted under the contract before its repudiation, so the law of...

TRAVEL CENTRE v. BARRAM

Government Contracts
When an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract between a contracting party and the government clearly indicates that the contracting party...

V S LIMITED v. HUD

Government Contracts
Under the Tucker Act, exclusive jurisdiction over plaintiff's claims lay in the Court of Federal Claims, so district court did not err in dismissing...

JOWETT, INC. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts
Where terms in a contract have an accepted industry meaning different from the ordinary meaning, there may be amiguity sufficient to rely on parol...

REDD v. SUMMERS

Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Employee of government agency's independent contractor lacks standing to sue the agency for unlawful termination, alleging disability discrimination,...

HI-VOLTAGE WIRE WORKS v. CITY OF SAN JOSE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
City program requiring contractors bidding on city projects to use a specified percentage of minority and women subcontractors violates Article I...

MULTIMAX, INC. v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Government Contracts
Decision by the FAA's Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition that a successful bid award for a government contract was "without a rational basis...

GIESLER v. US

Government Contracts
A failure to read a clause in a contract is not an excusable misreading of the specification, and the government does not have a duty to verify the...