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United States v. Wunderlich, 342 U.S. 98 (1951)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Wunderlich, 342 U.S. 98 (1951)
United States v. Wunderlich No. 11 Argued November 6, 1951 Decided November 26, 1951 342 U.S. 98
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS
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Under the standard provision of a government contract that all disputes involving questions of fact shall be decided by the contracting officer, with the right of appeal to the head of the department, "whose decision shall be final and conclusive upon the parties thereto," a finding by the head of a department on a question of fact may not be set aside by the Court of Claims, unless it was founded on fraud, alleged and proved. Pp. 98-101.
(a) By fraud is meant conscious wrongdoing, an intention to cheat or be dishonest. P. 100.
(b) A finding by the Court of Claims that the decision of the department head was "arbitrary," "capricious" and "grossly erroneous" is not sufficient to justify setting it aside. P. 100.
117 Ct.Cl. 92 reversed.
The Court of Claims set aside a decision of a department head on a question of fact arising under a standard form government contract. 117 Ct.Cl. 92. This Court granted certiorari. 341 U.S. 924. Reversed, p. 101.
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