Maintenance Engineers, Inc. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• “[a] contractor’s failure to comprehend an obvious ambiguity in no way excuses its affirmative duty of inquiry”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Furniture By Thurston v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-02-21· cited 46×
• Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaners, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1993-09-22· cited 34×
• Rotech Healthcare Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2006-07-24· cited 31×
• ITT Federal Services Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1999-10-29· cited 29×
• Metric Constructors, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1999-08-05· cited 13×
• Western States Construction Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1992-07-24· cited 10×
• Kiewit/Tulsa-Houston v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1992-01-17· cited 4×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• The United States v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1983-08-02· cited 282×
• Fortec Constructors v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1985-04-30· cited 231×
• Lisbon Contractors, Inc. v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1987-09-09· cited 230×
• WPC Enterprises, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1963-10-11· cited 211×
• P.J. Maffei Building Wrecking Corporation v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1984-04-19· cited 168×
• Beacon Construction Co. of Massachusetts v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1963-03-06· cited 156×
• James A. Boyajian, Assignee of Triumph Manufacturing Company, Bankrupt v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1970-03-20· cited 104×
• G.M. Shupe, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-07-31· cited 77×
• Fort Vancouver Plywood Company v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1988-10-19· cited 68×
• United States v. Turner Construction Co.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-05-22· cited 62×
• Chris Berg, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1972-02-18· cited 57×
• Fruin-Colnon Corporation v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1990-08-10· cited 56×
• Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., Third-Party Intervenor v. The United States
  Third Circuit· 1968-04-19· cited 53×
• Space Corp. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1972-12-12· cited 52×
• John C. Grimberg Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1985-02-26· cited 49×
• S.O.G. of Arkansas v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1976-12-15· cited 44×
• Alvin H. Leal, Trading as Plains Construction Company, and Mercantile National Bank at Dallas, a Corporation v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1960-04-06· cited 34×
• J. A. Jones Construction Company v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1968-05-10· cited 28×
• Leal v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1960-04-06· cited 27×
• Wickham Contracting Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1976-12-15· cited 21×