Louisiana Pacific Corporation ("LP") is a national manufacturer of building materials. This case involves a rebate promotion that LP offered to builders and contractors who purchased a certain amount of LP's siding products. Curtis Lumber Company, Inc. ("Curtis Lumber"), a retail supplier of buildin...   MORE>>

Dr. Fadhil Hussein and his wife, Raya Ahmed, endured a lengthy dispute with local zoning authorities after their builder failed to adhere to a number of zoning ordinances in the course of constructing the Husseins’ home. In June 2006, the zoning authorities issued a “stop work” order, but as ...   MORE>>

Hoot General Construction appeals the district court's verdict against it and in favor of John T. Jones Construction in an action brought on a contract between the two companies. Jones, in turn, appeals the district court's refusal to award certain liquidated damages and the district court's decisio...   MORE>>

Home Builders Association of Northern California and other industry groups (collectively “Home Builders”) challenge the designation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) of about 850,000 acres of land as critical habitat for fifteen endangered or threatened vernal pool species. In th...   MORE>>

Hoot General Construction appeals the district court's verdict against it and in favor of John T. Jones Construction in an action brought on a contract between the two companies. Jones, in turn, appeals the district court's refusal to award certain liquidated damages and the district court's decisio...   MORE>>

This case arises from the attempt by the people of North Carolina and their elected representatives to end racial and gender-based discrimination in state highway construction subcontracting. The State’s statutory scheme—the product of extensive study and refinement in response to developments i...   MORE>>

Relator John Owens brought this qui tam suit under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq., against First Kuwaiti construction firm, his former employer. He alleged that the firm billed falsely for deficient work in connection with construction of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and t...   MORE>>

This appeal arises from a contract dispute concerning the construction of a wastewater treatment plant. This dispute has been before us once before. See MCI Constructors, Inc. v. City of Greensboro, 125 F. App’x 471 (4th Cir. 2005). Following that decision, all concerned parties agreed to submit t...   MORE>>

A performance bond guarantees the timely completion of a construction project for the benefit of the project’s owner. The Hartford Fire Insurance Company issued such a bond to a construction company on a project for the City of Mont Belvieu, Texas. When the builder failed to complete punch list it...   MORE>>

This is a post-award bid protest related to a contract for the replacement of Fort Benning’s Martin Army Community Hospital (“the Hospital”). The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“the Army”) awarded that contract to Turner Construction Company (“Turner”) on September 28, 2009. Tu...   MORE>>