Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Seaboard Lumber Co. v. United States
Seaboard Lumber Co. v. United States, 499 U.S. 919 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-03-18
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “Seventh Amendment preserves a right to a jury trial on issues of fact in suits for breach of contract damages between private party litigants”
- “The CDA ... could have ... provided for jurisdiction over government breach of contract claims to be placed in the District Courts. It, however, did not....”
- Plaintiff waited eighteen months before deciding to amend, and after extensive discovery had been conducted
- "The United States ... cannot appeal to the Claims Court."
Citator
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C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.