Seaboard Lumber Co. v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• “Seventh Amendment preserves a right to a jury trial on issues of fact in suits for breach of contract damages between private party litigants”
• “The CDA ... could have ... provided for jurisdiction over government breach of contract claims to be placed in the District Courts. It, however, did not....”
• Plaintiff waited eighteen months before deciding to amend, and after extensive discovery had been conducted
• "The United States ... cannot appeal to the Claims Court."