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United States Ex Rel. Puget Sound Dredging Co. v. Elwin

District Court, D. Alaska

Decided September 15, 1961No. K-1-60PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EAST, District Judge.

This matter came on for hearing upon the reserved issue of allowance to the beneficiary of reasonable attorneys’ fees for the institution and prosecution of this action. By consent of parties and all counsel, testimony on this segregated reserved issue was taken at Portland, in the District of Oregon, for the convenience of parties, witness and counsel.

By way of comment, the late Chief Judge James Alger Fee, of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, in Civil No. 12183 (1934), held that Title 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 270a and 270d (Miller Act) was silent upon…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. United States Ex Rel. Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. H. R. Henderson & Co.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1955
  3. United States Ex Rel. Brady's Floor Covering, Inc. v. BreedenDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1953
  4. United States ex rel. Midwest Steel & Iron Works Co. v. HenlyDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1954
  5. United States v. Texas Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. B. C. Richter Contracting Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1964
  2. United States Ex Rel. Western Steel Union Co. v. Reliance Insurance Co. of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1964
  3. United States ex rel. White Masonry, Inc. v. F. D. Rich Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
  4. United States v. Peter Kiewit & Sons' Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1964
  5. Chaney v. Western States Title Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1968

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