Legal Opinion
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 16, 1973No. 183-70PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBennett, Judge
Plaintiff USF&G was a Miller Act1 surety on contract No. NBy-58920 in which Premier Contractors, Inc., the prime contractor, had agreed to make modifications to building No. 86, Barracks and Mess, at the United States Naval Station, Boston, Massachusetts. The contract was awarded on February 10,1965, on a bid of $255,204. The plaintiff executed a payment bond in the amount of $127,602 and a performance bond in the amount of $255,204 on that same day. The prime contractor entered into performance of the contract and began to encounter financial difficulties soon thereafter.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pearlman v. Reliance InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Munsey Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Henningsen v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- American Surety Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by77 opinions
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- William A. Ransom and Robert D. Nesen v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Putnam Mills Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1973
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