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U.S. EX REL. OSTRAGER v. CONTRACTORS

No. 236.

317 U.S. 562 (1943)

UNITED STATES EX REL. OSTRAGER ET AL. v. NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER, ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Katz, with whom Mr. Burnett Wolfson was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. R. Emmett Kerrigan, with whom Mr. Eberhard P. Deutsch was on the brief, for respondents.

At the request of the Court, Solicitor General Fahy filed a brief (on which also were Messrs. Robert L. Stern and Fred E. Strine) on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action is substantially similar to that in United States ex rel. Marcus v. Hess, ante, p. 537. Relying on §§ 5438 and 3490-93, Revised Statutes, the petitioner charges that the respondents caused the government $7,620 damages by submitting fraudulent collusive bids on a hospital constructed with Federal Public Works Administration financial...

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