Legal Opinion
Federal Insurance v. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided November 21, 2001No. 00-307-P-HPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON STIPULATED RECORD
HORNBY, Chief Judge.
This lawsuit contains a claim for unjust enrichment. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (“Maine Yankee”) maintains that Federal Insurance Company (“Federal Insurance”) was unjustly enriched when Maine Yankee paid approximately $12 million to subcontractors and suppliers that Federal Insurance otherwise would have had to pay as surety under a payment bond. As a result, Maine Yankee seeks restitution from Federal Insurance. Federal Insurance concedes that there may have been some “enrichment” — i.e., that its obligation to pay…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Trinity Universal Insurance Company and First National Bank in Dallas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- Paffhausen v. BalanoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
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