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UNITED STATES v. RICE

No. 31.

317 U.S. 61 (1942)

63 S.Ct. 120

87 L.Ed. 53

UNITED STATES v. RICE ET AL., RECEIVERS FOR D.C. ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Valentine Brookes argued the cause, and Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Shea, and Messrs. Melvin H. Siegel, Morton Liftin, and Robert L. Stern were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. R. Aubrey Bogley, with whom Messrs. Frederic D. McKenney, John S. Flannery, and G. Bowdoin Craighill were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review a judgment against the United States by the Court of Claims, 95 Ct. Cls. 84, interpreting a widely used standard form construction contract in a manner alleged to be in conflict with this Court's interpretation of an analogous contract in Crook Co. v. United States, 270 U.S. 4.

Respondent agreed to install plumbing, heating, and...

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