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Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. v. Seaboard Maritime Corp.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided April 2, 1958No. Civ. A. Nos. 1597, 1909Published

1Opinion of the Court

WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendant Seaboard’s motion for summary judgment limited to the issue of liability.1 The present suit was instituted as a consolidated contract action by five Shipyards (Yards) — Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (Newport News), Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., (Sun), The Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation (Ingalls), Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., (Bethlehem-Sparrows), and Bethlehem Steel Company (Bethlehem Quincy)— against Seaboard Maritime Corporation (Seaboard), designer and manufacturer of hatchcovers and its…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955

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