General Dynamics Corporation, Petitioner, v. United States (563 U.S. 478)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 23, 2011 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 563 U.S. 478 · 131 S. Ct. 1900
- Docket
- No. 09-1298
- Argued
- January 18, 2011
- Decided
- May 23, 2011
- Term
- October Term 2010
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Scalia
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
How the Justices voted
- Majority
- Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Scalia (wrote), Justice Kennedy, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan
Oral argument transcript and advocates · Opinion on Justia
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2010 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT No. 09–1298. Argued January 18, 2011—Decided May 23, 2011* After petitioners fell behind schedule in developing a stealth aircraft (A–12) for the Navy, the contracting officer terminated their $4.8 bil lion fixed-price contract for default and ordered petitioners to repay approximately $1.35 billion in progress payments for work the Gov ernment never accepted. Petitioners filed suit in the Court of Federal Claims (CFC), challenging the termination decision under the Con tract Disputes Act of 1978. They argued that Federal Circuit prece dent permitted their default to be excused because the Government had failed to share its “superior knowledge” about how to design and manufacture stealth aircraft. Uncovering the extent of such knowl edge proved difficult because the design, materials, and manufactur ing process for…
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