Legal Opinion
Frank Sullivan Company v. Midwest Sheet Metal Works
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1964No. 17406PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
Midwest Sheet Metal Works, a Minnesota partnership, instituted this diversity suit against Frank Sullivan Company, a Boston contractor, to recover damages for breach of contract. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Midwest for $85,000. Judge Devitt denied Sullivan’s motion for judgment n. o. v. or a new trial. 215 F.Supp. 607. The controversy arises out of the project for the extension and remodeling of the United States Post Office and Customs House at Saint Paul. Minnesota law controls. Although Sullivan asserts twenty separate points on its appeal, these come…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Roberge v. Cambridge Cooperative Creamery Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Dispatch Printing Co. v. National Bank of CommerceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Hartung v. BillmeierSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Portuguese-American Bank of San Francisco v. WellesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Lakota Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Havey Fund-Raising Management, Inc., and Francis P. HaveyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Augustine Gizzi, and Anthony Giaccio v. Texaco, Inc., Appeal of Anthony GiaccioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Glen L. Wood v. Holiday Inns, Inc., Interstate Inns, Inc., and Jessie Goynes v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Paul Lewis, D/B/A Lewis Lumber Company v. Mobil Oil Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Charles CratonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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