Legal Opinion
City and County of San Francisco v. Transbay Const. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1943No. 10168PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEADY, Circuit Judge.
This suit involves a contract between Transbay Construction Company and the City of San Francisco for the elevation of the O’Shaughnessy Dam, a structure erected by the city a number of years ago on the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. Jurisdiction is conferred by diversity of citizenship.
As originally constructed, the dam was of the arched gravity type with a height of 226 feet above stream bed and a length of 600 feet across the canyon through which the Tuolumne flows. The city desired to raise the height of the dam 85 feet. On December 7, 1934, proposals to'…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Gogo v. Los Angeles County Flood Control DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Seaboard Surety Co., a Corporate Entity, Etc. v. United States of America for Use and Benefit of C.D.G., Inc., a Corporate EntityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- M. De Matteo Construction Co. v. Maine Turnpike AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1960
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