UNITED STATES v. ORR CONST. CO.

No. 77-1414.

560 F.2d 765 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America for the use of Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating Co., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, St. Arnaud Electric Company, Nager Electric Company, Inc., and E. C. Ernst, Inc., Individually and d/b/a Orr and Associates, a joint venture, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith F. Bode, Chicago, Ill., Arthur S. Friedman, New York City, Jay A. Canel, Chicago, Ill, for defendants-appellants.

Stephen Novack, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether an agreement entered into by the parties to settle a dispute arising out of an earlier contract is sufficiently definite to be enforceable. We hold that the agreement is unenforceable and reverse the district court's judgment.

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Defendant Orr and Associates ("Orr") acted as the general contractor for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the construction of the Chicago Bulk Mail Center...

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