ABSTRACT
Chapter 4 highlights construction industry cases the U.S. Supreme Court decided during the period ending early in the twentieth century, with special attention to a few cases that helped shape contract law for the industry. It explains that eventually construction industry cases virtually disappeared from the Supreme Court’s docket, except for isolated circumstances, also briefly considered in this chapter, in which issues under the U.S. Constitution or federal legislation arose incidentally within the industry. This chapter will be of special interest to anyone interested in the Court’s limited, but significant, influence over the early development of U.S. contract law.
