Pathman Construction Company, Inc. v. The United States

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a “major purpose” of the CDA is to “induce resolution of contract disputes with the government by negotiation rather than litigation” (citation omitted)
• explaining that “ [o]nce a contractor elects to proceed under the [Contract] Disputes Act, the six- year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2501 is not applicable”
• “[T]he limitations period does not begin to run until the [CO] renders an actual written decision on the contractor's claim[.]”
• in extensive analysis, the Federal Circuit concluded that statutory 12-month period for filing suit in Court of Federal Claims does not commence in the case of a \deemed denial\
• “A [CO’s] final 20 decision that does not give the contractor adequate notice of its appeal rights is defective and therefore does not trigger the running of the limitations period.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).