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UNITED STATES v. HOLPUCH CO.

Nos. 696 and 697.

328 U.S. 234 (1946)

66 S.Ct. 1000

90 L.Ed. 1192

UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH A. HOLPUCH CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham J. Harris argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McGrath, Assistant Attorney General Sonnett and Paul A. Sweeney.

No appearance for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

The narrow question here is whether a contractor's failure to exhaust the administrative appeal provisions of a government construction contract bars him from bringing suit in the Court of Claims to recover damages.

Respondent, a building contractor, entered into two contracts1 with the United States through the War Department in 1933 to construct officers' quarters at Fort...

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