SERAVALLI v. U.S.

No. 87-1566.

845 F.2d 1571 (1988)

Joseph SERAVALLI, John Seravalli, Jr., and the Brookchester Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Daniel Sagarin, Hurwitz & Sagarin, P.C., Milford, Conn., argued for plaintiffs-appellees.

J. Keith Burt, Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief were Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director and M. Susan Burnett, Asst. Director. Also on the brief was Mel Belin, Office of Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Before FRIEDMAN, DAVIS and MAYER, Circuit Judges.


FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from the United States Claims Court, the United States challenges as excessive the damages awarded against it for breach of contract. The government's principal contention is that the Claims Court used an impermissible method of calculating damages. The government also contends that in any event the damages were excessive. We reject both of these contentions and therefore affirm.

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