Legal Opinion
Pennbank v. United States
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-24 ERIEPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEBER, District Judge.
This dispute flows from an unpleasant situation facing certain residents of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The dwellings of North and South Shenango Townships are tapped into a sewage system that does not work. The system’s defects allegedly were caused by faulty construction. That issue, however, is not before us. 1 The question here is whether two agencies of the federal government are liable for construction expenses advanced by plaintiff banks for failing to discover the defects before the system was completed.
The North and South Shenango Joint Municipal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. NeustadtSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Block v. NealSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Jm Mechanical Corporation, a New York Corporation v. The United States of America, by Its Agent, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Cross Brothers Meat Packers, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Pelham v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1987
- Pennbank v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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