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· 6/6/1983

United States v. Hamilton Enterprises, Inc.

Citations

  • 711 F.2d 1038
  • 31 Cont. Cas. Fed. 71,239
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 13606

How courts have described this case

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

  • asking whether government buyer adequately informed contractor of discrepancy between government estimate of required manhours and manhours allocated to job in contractor’s bid
  • “this is a case of mutual fault to the extent that neither party is entitled to recover on the claims asserted against the other”
  • appellant provided no evidence or testimony that a mistake was made in the preparation of the proposal
  • contractor was not entitled to reformation based on mistake in bid where mistake was a result of a “mistake in judgment”
  • contractor made judgment that man-hours which were sufficient for one contract would also be sufficient for second contract

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Judges: Markey, Cowen, Baldwin

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