Legal Opinion
Williams & Sons Erectors, Inc. v. South Carolina Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 14, 1993No. 1672, Docket 92-7140PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal we are called upon to apply New York’s law of privity, familiar to lawyers from Chief Judge Cardozo’s memorable phrase: “The assault upon the citadel of privity is proceeding in these days apace.” Ultramares Corp. v. Touche, 255 N.Y. 170, 180, 174 N.E. 441 (1931). That case involved plaintiff’s attempt to hold defendant liable for words negligently spoken. In this suit by contractors, working from plans prepared for the state dormitory authority, against the architects who prepared them, we also must construe the contract documents. The record before us…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Glanzer v. . ShepardNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Seiden Associates, Inc. v. Anc Holdings, Inc., American National Can Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Berschauer/Phillips Construction Co. v. Seattle School District No. 1Washington Supreme Court · 1994
- SME Industries, Inc. v. Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 2001
- Williams and Sons Erectors, Inc. v. South Carolina Steel Corporation, South Carolina Steel Corporation, Third-Party-Plaintiff v. Mars Associates, Inc. Normel Construction Corporation and Federal Insurance Company, Third-Party-Defendants. Mars Associates, Inc. Normel Construction Corporation and Federal Insurance Company, Fourth-Party-Plaintiffs-Appellants v. The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Fourth-Party-Defendant-Appellee. The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Fifth-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee v. The Gruzen Partnership, Architects, Planners and Gruzen Samton Steinglass, Fifth-Party-Defendants-Appellees. The Gruzen Partnership, Architects, Planners and Gruzen Samton Steinglass, Sixth-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ewell W. Finley, P.C., Sixth-Party-DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- In re National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc., Investment LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2012
- Sarinsky's Garage Inc. v. Erie InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
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