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• Is the Spearin Doctrine Dead in Ohio or Just Wounded? ( July 2006 )
  Thomas L. Rosenberg of Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional Association

  All architects should be familiar with the Spearin Doctrine. The Spearin Doctrine was established by United States Supreme Court in 1918. In a case called United States v. Spearin, the Supreme Court affirmed and awarded damages to a contractor to compensate it for delays experienced during the construction of a dry-dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City. The particular location of the proposed dry-dock required that the contractor complete the diversion and relocation of a section of a sewer that intersected the site chosen for the dry-dock

• Contractor's Responsibility for Substitution of Specified Materials ( April 2000 )
  Wray & Pierce, L.L.P.

  A contractor for a portion of the subway system in Washington, D.C. was found liable for a specified materials subs.

• The Applicability of the Spearin Doctrine: Do Owners Warrant Plans and Specifications? ( August 1999 )
  Brendan P. Mitchell of Haese, LLC

  The federal courts have created a doctrine whereby an owner impliedly warrants the information, plans and specific.