Legal Opinion
Crawford Painting & Drywall Company v. J.W. Bateson Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1988No. 87-5545PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Claiming breach of contract, fraud, negligence and civil RICO violations, the subcontractor who lost money on a large construction contract has recovered over $7,000,000 by the district court’s judgment. Finding no legal basis for a recovery, we reverse the judgment and dismiss the cause.
A. BACKGROUND
J.W. Bateson Co., Inc. executed a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers on September 19, 1976 to do extensive remodeling and new construction at Wilford Hall United States Air Force Area Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Bateson and Crawford Painting…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Amoco Production Co. v. AlexanderTexas Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- United States ex rel. Allied Building Products Corp. v. Federal InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1990
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