Adler Construction Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently March 2004 · most notably Mingus Constructors, Inc. v. United States (1987), B. D. Click Co. v. United States (1980)
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1492 · 28 U.S.C. § 2509
Relies on Glidden Company v. Zdanok Lurk · H.L.C. & Associates Construction Co. v. United States · 75 F. Supp. 255 - Winn-Senter Const. Co. v. United States · 161 Ct. Cl. 801 - J. G. Watts Construction Co. v. United States · Harvey-Whipple, Inc. v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Anything mentioned in the specifications and not shown on the drawings, or shown on the drawings and not mentioned in the specifications, shall be of like effect as if shown or mentioned in both.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No. 1: Diversion and care of stream, etc. Bid at $45,000 instead of $75,000 due to error in transposing figure from worksheet to bid. No. 2: Excavation of 420,000 c.y. of overburden in open cut. Bid at $147,000 instead of $224,540 due to failure to include in computation the factor of $77,540 for equipment charges, as shown on worksheet but not inserted in the total or transferred to bid. No. 5: Excavation of 1985 c.y. all classes. Bid at $45,655 instead of $63,520 due to failure to include in computation the factor of $17,865 for equipment charges, as shown on worksheet but not inserted in the total or transferred to bid. No. 9: Excavation of 220,000 c.y. stripping in borrow pits. Bid at $41,800 instead of $51,800 due to simple error in addition on bid worksheet. Nos. 10 and 11 collectively: Common excavation of 2,000,000 c.y. in upstream borrow area 'and transportation to embankments. Bid at $520,000 instead of $880,-100 due to failure to include in computation the factors of $311,100 for equipment charges and $49,000 for “margin,” as shown on worksheet but not inserted in the total or transferred to bid. No. 12: Common excavation of 700,000 c.y. in downstream borrow area and transportation to embankment. Bid at $175,000 instead of $301,000 due to same oversight as in Items Nos. 10 and 11, on which the computation was based.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The “Release on Contract,” Form 7-292, has been properly executed by us with thirteen items of exceptions set forth on the release of contract. The exceptions indicated on the release are «pursuant to Article 16 of the contract. During our conference in Denver with the various representatives of the 'Government on November 7, 1956, the officials were «advised that exceptions would be set forth in the release on contract, «and we also agreed that claims in connection with the exceptions to the release on contract, would be filed immediately. It is our desire to immediately review the government calculations and figures in connection with the contract items excepted in the release, which review may require about fifteen to twenty days, whereupon we will process our claims for all discrepancies discovered. We anticipate processing and filing of our claim or claims on or before March 1,1957. We anticipate reviewing the government records immediately and before such records are transferred to the District Office at Huron, South Dakota.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.