SHIP CONSTRUCTION & TRADING CO., INC.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Sol O. Schlesinger v. The United States, 390 F.2d 702 (Ct. Cl. 1968)
  …ng some of the 13 component materials, which the contract required him to furnish. Technically the Government would not be bound until the written award was made (Ship Constr. & Trading Co., v. United States, 91 Ct.Cl. 419, 455 (1940), cert. denied, 312 U.S. 699, 61 S.Ct. 737, 85 L.Ed. 1133 (1941)), and that is why we say plaintiff took a risk in obligating himself to suppliers before having a contract enforceable against the Government. Except for thread, which was ordered on April 28, the record does not…
• King Enters., Inc. v. The United States, 418 F.2d 511 (Ct. Cl. 1969)
  …nd the diverse business transactions they encompass reveals that there is no universal test applicable to step transaction situations. See Anheuser-Busch, Inc., v. Helvering, 40 B.T.A. 1100 (1939), aff’d, 115 F. 2d 662 (8th Cir. 1940), Cert, denied, 312 U.S. 699, 61 S.Ct. 739, 85 L.Ed. 1133 (1941); American Bantam Car Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 11 T.C. 397 (1948), aff’d, 177 F. 2d 513 (3d Cir. 1949); cert, denied, 339 U.S. 920, 70 S.Ct. 622, 94 L.Ed. 1344 (1950) ; South Bay Corp. v. Commission…
• Penn-Ohio Steel Corp. v. The United States, 354 F.2d 254 (Ct. Cl. 1965)
  …not essential to the consummation of the agreement. United States v. Purcell Envelope Co., 249 U.S. 313, 319, 39 S.Ct. 309, 63 L.Ed. 620 (1919). See also e. g., Ship Construction & Trading Co. v. United States, 91 Ct.Cl. 419, 456 (1940), cert. den. 312 U.S. 699, 61 S.Ct. 737, 85 L.Ed. 1133 (1941); Escote Mfg. Co. v. United States, 169 F.Supp. 483, 489, 144 Ct.Cl. 452, 459, (1959); North American Iron & Steel Co. v. United States, 130 F.Supp. 723, 724 (E.D.N.Y., 1955), and cases there cited. A basic additi…