PETER KIEWIT SONS' CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 283-52.

151 F.Supp. 726 (1957)

PETER KIEWIT SONS' CO., a Corporation, and Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., a Corporation, Acting as Joint Contractors and Co-Venturers v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward E. Lattin, Washington, D. C., and W. C. Fraser, Omaha, Neb., for plaintiffs. Gardner, Morrison & Rogers, Washington, D. C., and Fraser, Crofoot, Wenstrand, Stryker & Marshall, Omaha, Neb., were on the briefs.

Francis X. Daly, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.


MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. and Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., were partners in a joint venture to perform a construction contract made with the United States. The plaintiffs sue for damages alleged to have been suffered by reason of the increased costs of performance of the contract which were due to delays claimed to have been caused by the Government's breach of the contract.

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