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· 3/17/1967

Southwest Welding & Manufacturing Company v. The United States

Citations

  • 373 F.2d 982
  • 179 Ct. Cl. 39
  • 1967 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 188

How courts have described this case

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  • reforming contract for mutual mistake, despite error on both sides, thus avoiding unintended enrichment of the government at the expense of the contractor
  • reforming contract for mutual mistake, despite error on both sides, thus avoiding unintended enrichment of the government at the expense of the contractor
  • reforming contract when both contractor and the government were mistaken about contractors’ steel acquisition cost
  • finding a mutual mistake when the parties both mistakenly believed the price of steel was lower than it actually was
  • the parties mistakenly believed the price of steel was lower than it actually was
  • the parties mistakenly believed the price of steel was lower than it actually was

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Judges: Cowen, Laramore, Durfee, Davis, Collins, Skelton, Nichols

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