Case Name: Blackhawk Heating & Plumbing Co., Inc. and Donovan Construction Company, A Joint Venture
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1978-06-22
Citations: 217 Ct. Cl. 672
Docket Number: No. 364-74
Parties: Blackhawk Heating & Plumbing Co., Inc. and Donovan Construction Company, A Joint Venture
Judges: Before Davis, Judge, Presiding, Nichols and Kashiwa, Judges.
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 672–672

Head Matter:
No. 364-74.
June 22, 1978
Blackhawk Heating & Plumbing Co., Inc. and Donovan Construction Company, A Joint Venture
Donald R. DeRenzo, attorney of record, for plaintiff. DeRenzo and Mehok, of counsel. Lawrence S. Smith, with whom was Assistant Attorney General Barbara Allen Babcock, for defendant.
Before Davis, Judge, Presiding, Nichols and Kashiwa, Judges.

Opinion:
This case comes before the court on defendant's request, filed April 7, 1978, pursuant to Hules 53(c)(2)(i) and 53(c)(3), for review by the court of an order of the trial judge, having been considered, together with plaintiffs' response and defendant's supplement, without oral argument. Upon consideration thereof, the court concludes that the trial judge has discretion whether to reopen proof after closing it, if sufficient cause is shown. As he explains in his order, his grounds for refusing to do so here, seem such as a reasonable trial judge might deem decisive. See, generally, General Electric Co. v. United States, 189 Ct. Cl. 116, 416 F. 2d 1320 (1969); Kaiser Aluminum Corp. v. United States, 187 Ct. Cl. 443, 409 F. 2d 238 (1969) (concurring opinion).
it is therefore ordered that defendant's said request for review, filed April 7, 1978, be and the same is denied.