TYLER, District Judge.
The United States sues defendant as surety on two construction contracts in which the contractor ("Allied") is alleged to have defaulted. Suit is predicated upon a liquidated damage clause contained in the contracts (§ 11 of each, the two contracts being essentially identical).
The government first moved to strike certain matter from the surety company's answer, which motion has been withdrawn. The defendant cross moved for summary...
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