# Northern Helex Co. v. United States

> United States Court of Claims · October 22, 1980 · 634 F.2d 557

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8597151

## Case

- **Full name:** NORTHERN HELEX COMPANY v. United States
- **Court:** United States Court of Claims
- **Decided:** October 22, 1980
- **Citations:** 634 F.2d 557; 28 Cont. Cas. Fed. 80,804; 225 Ct. Cl. 194; 1980 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 341
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Kunzig
- **Judges:** Davis, Friedman, Kunzig, Nichols, Smith
- **Cited by:** 65 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that damages should be reduced by “the extent that the breach itself made [the plaintiffs property] more valuable to the plaintiff,” but that damages should not be reduced by “increases in the value of [the plaintiffs property] that either resulted from the performance…

## Opinion text

KUNZIG, Judge,
concurring:
*209 I concur in the Chief Judge’s opinion, including the portion which makes clear that, in ruling the "excess” value of the plant should be subtracted from total anticipated revenue, we merely intended to require the subtraction of any excess value that resulted from the breach, as distinguished from excess plant value resulting from the contract itself.
CONCLUSION OP LAW
Plaintiff is entitled to recover, and judgment is entered for the plaintiff for $33,457,400.

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