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· 4/16/1965

Brock & Blevins Company, Inc. v. The United States

Citations

  • 343 F.2d 951
  • 170 Ct. Cl. 52
  • 1965 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 86

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the complete settlement of an outstanding obligation barred suit as a result of the presence of an accord and satisfaction
  • holding that failure to reserve the right to assert future claims resulting from bilateral modification precludes recovery
  • finding that an accord and satisfaction in a contract modification had extinguished plaintiff's claim
  • an accord and satisfaction requires consideration and a meeting of the minds
  • “Discharge of a claim by accord and satisfaction ‘means a discharge by the rendering of some performance different from that which was claimed as due and the acceptance of such substituted performance by the claimant as full satisfaction of his claim.’ ”

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Judges: Cowen, Laramore, Durfee, Davis, Collins

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