Litchfield Securities Corp. v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• indicating contracting officer’s cancellation of contract necessary to obtain damages under the termination for convenience clause
• court refused to enforce nullification of contractor due to illegality, stating that “the court should ordinarily impose the binding stamp of nullity only when the illegality is plain.”
• alleged illegality, based on the fact that the procedures used were not as well-attuned to the aims of the competitive bidding legislation as they could have been, was not sufficient to render the contract void
• termination to avoid a conflict with the Comptroller General
• re Government discretion under termination clauses