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· 2/6/1997

D & H Distributing Company v. United States

Citations

  • 102 F.3d 542
  • 1996 WL 714450

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that a third-party beneficiary of a government contract had the right to enforce a contract provision in the Court of Federal Claims
  • concluding that the subcontractor, “which was not a party to the contract,” “enjoys the status of a third party beneficiary”
  • holding that the CO assented to the transfer of rights under the contract by modifying the contract to include a joint payment agreement
  • holding that a “partial” assignment of a contract claim is valid once the government has been given adequate notice
  • finding waiver where the contracting officer’s conduct showed assent to the assignment
  • “clear assent” is what is required

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Newman, Mayer, Bryson

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