Legal Opinion

Bowden v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 31, 1956No. 14658PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALSH, District Judge.

In September, 1951 the United States entered into a contract with appellant Twaits-Morrison-Knudsen-Macco, a joint venture,1 (hereinafter the “prime contractor”), whereby the latter was to furnish the materials and perform the work for constructing launching facilities, utilities, and roads at the Navy Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, California. The initial contract amount, before change orders, was $3,661,000.00 and the prime contractor furnished a payment bond, with appellant Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland as one of the sureties thereon, in the sum of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Clifford F. MacEvoy Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Calvin Tomkins Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Fleisher Engineering & Construction Co. v. United States Ex Rel. HallenbeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Coffee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
  4. Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
  5. United States Ex Rel. American Radiator & Sanitary Corp. v. Northwestern Engineering Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. MacCaferri Gabions, Inc. v. Dynateria Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
  2. Leslie S. Bowden, Trustee in Bankruptcy for the Estate of Frank T. Hickey, Inc., Bankrupt, Twaits-Morrison-Knudsen-Macco, Morrison Knudsen Company, Inc., MacCo Corporation, Ford J. Twaits Co., Ford J. Twaits, Individually and as Trustee, Edna M. Twaits, Jane Twaits Lataillade, Carl H. Wittenberg and Carl H. Wittenberg, Jr., as Partners Associated in Business Under the Common Name and Style of Ford J. Twaits Co. And Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland v. United States of America for the Use of Emmett J. Malloy, United States of America for the Use of Emmett J. Malloy, Cross-Appellant v. Leslie S. Bowden, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Etc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  3. United States ex rel. John D. Ahern Co. v. J. F. White Contracting Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
  4. Western Asbestos Co. v. TGK Const. Co., Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1979
  5. United States Ex Rel. Excavation Construction, Inc. v. Glenn-Stewart-Pinckney Builders & Developers, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1975

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