ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
Appeal of -- ) 
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Adria Operating Corporation, d/b/a/ Ramada Inn) 
d/b/a/ Adria Hotel & Conference Center ) 
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Under Contract No. 00000-00-0-0000 ) 
APPEARANCE FOR THE APPELLANT: 
APPEARANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT: 
ASBCA No. 59493 
Vincent M. Lentini, Esq. 
Garden City, NY 
Raymond M. Saunders, Esq. 
Army Chief Trial Attorney 
MAJ Nancy J. Lewis, JA 
Trial Attorney 
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION DECISION 
BY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE DELMAN 
WHEREAS, on 24 February 2015, the parties entered into an Alternative 
Dispute Resolution (ADR) Agreement, seeking a final, binding decision from this 
Board after summary trial; and 
WHEREAS, on 15 April 2015, said trial was held and the undersigned took 
evidence and argument from the parties at that time. 
WHEREFORE, based upon a review of the transcript of trial testimony, the 
exhibits of record and the relevant law, the undersigned provides the following ADR 
Decision. 
1. Appellant, as claimant under this appeal, has the burden to prove its breach 
of contract claim. Appellant has failed to prove that the Agreement upon which it 
seeks relief was executed by a government employee with the appropriate authority, 
i.e., the actual or implied actual authority, to enter into said Agreement. Hence, this 
Agreement was not a binding contract but was an unauthorized commitment of the 
United States. 
2. Appellant has failed to prove that any government employee with the 
appropriate contract authority expressly or impliedly ratified this unauthorized 
commitment. Absent persuasive evidence otherwise, the government's payment to 
appellant for benefits received (the lodging of soldiers for dates 4-7 May 2013) 

constituted payment on a quantum meruit basis, and did not serve to ratify the 
unauthorized commitment, which purported to reserve lodging through 30 May 2013. 
WHEREFORE, ASBCA No. 59493 is denied. 
Dated: 15 May 2015 !"' ~' 
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Administrative Judge 
Armed Services Board 
of Contract Appeals 
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Opinion and Decision of the 
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals in ASBCA No. 59493, Appeal of Adria 
Operating Corporation, d/b/a/ Ramada Inn d/b/a/ Adria Hotel & Conference Center, 
rendered in conformance with the Board's Charter. 
Dated: 
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JEFFREY D. GARDIN 
Recorder, Armed Services 
Board of Contract Appeals