GUNNELL CONST. CO., INC. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 76-1046.

551 F.2d 425 (1977)

GUNNELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a Municipal Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman M. Braude, Washington, D.C., with whom John N. Fenrich, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corporation Counsel, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Gunnell Construction Company appeals from a judgment of the District Court which denied its claim for additional compensation under a contract with the District of Columbia. In January 1961 Gunnell and the District entered into an agreement for construction of the Bertie Backus Junior High School in the District. The contract called for Gunnell to drive some 836...

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