Legal Opinion

Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative Ass'n v. Alchemy Industries, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 21, 1986No. 85-1257PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Chief Judge.

This is a complex contract action relating to the construction of an experimental plant in Stuttgart, Arkansas, for the combustion of rice hulls in a pollution-free manner with the production of steam and a commercially valuable ash as by-products. The basic issue in this appeal is whether the district court1 erred in holding Alchemy Industries, Inc. (Alchemy) and Norman Pitt, Inc. (Pitt, Inc.) responsible for the inability of the plant to work properly and in holding the individual defendants liable under a guarantee contract. We affirm the district court’s finding that…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. United States v. SpearinSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Jose F. Escude Cruz v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
  4. California Lettuce Growers, Inc. v. Union Sugar Co.California Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Mountaire Feeds, Inc. v. Agro Impex, S. A., a Panamanian CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Mellon Bank (East) Psfs, National Association v. Kenneth v. Farino Leslie Trinin Robert Levitas Eileen MichaelsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  2. John Morrell & Company v. Local Union 304a of the United Food and Commercial Workers, Afl-Cio United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio and Clc Dennis Foster, Individually and in His Capacity as President of Local 304a James R. Lyons, Individually and in His Capacity as Business Representative and Corresponding Secretary of Local 304a John Doe and Other Persons Unknown, John Morrell & Company, a Corporation v. Local Union 304a of the United Food and Commercial Workers, Afl-Cio and Clc United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio and ClcCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  3. Federal Deposit Insurance v. HiattNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Towers Hotel Corporation, a Corporation v. Gerald A. Rimmel, Receiver, Mansion House Center PropertiesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  5. John Morrell & Co. v. Local Union 304A of the United Food & Commercial WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990

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