Federal Claims Judge Grants And Denies Defenses In WWII Avgas Contract Dispute

Mealey's (July 27, 2022, 8:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge on July 13 granted in part and denied in part a group of oil companies’ motion for summary judgment on seven of the government’s affirmative defenses in a case where the companies sought to indemnify themselves from environmental liability through a contract they entered with the government for the production of gas during World War II....