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U.S. v. CALLAHAN WALKER CO.

No. 65.

317 U.S. 56 (1942)

63 S.Ct. 113

87 L.Ed. 49

UNITED STATES v. CALLAHAN WALKER CONSTRUCTION CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard S. Salant, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Shea, and Mr. Oscar H. Davis were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Robert A. Littleton for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the meaning and application of the terms of a standard form of Government construction contract.

The findings of the Court of Claims may be summarized. In 1931 the War Department asked bids for the construction of a levee on the east side of the Mississippi River. The respondent bid 14.43 ¢ a cubic yard on a section of the work involving approximately 3,881,600 cubic yards of earthwork...

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