Legal Opinion

The General Contracting & Trading Co., LLC v. Interpole, Inc. v. Transamerican Steamship Corporation, Third-Party

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 27, 1990No. 89-1842, 90-1115PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals collectively constitute a legal motley, arising in an odd fact/law posture and presenting a crazyquilt assortment of issues. We try, first, to gather the litigatory strands into a workable sort of yarn, and then to weave our way through the pattern of appellate inquiry, stitching up the cases’ ravelled sleeve.

Background

In 1980, appellee General Contracting & Trading Co. (GCT), a firm organized under the laws of the Sultanate of Oman, ordered 4,500 wooden utility poles from appellee Interpole, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation. The parties negotiated a pair…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. McKeithenSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. The Dartmouth Review, on Behalf of Its Officers, Staff and Subscribers v. Dartmouth CollegeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  3. Richard Augustine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  4. Salim Aoude v. Mobil Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  5. Jose F. Escude Cruz v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Robert S. Boit v. Gar-Tec Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  2. Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox CanadaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  3. William C. Feinstein v. Resolution Trust Corporation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
  4. United Electrical, Radio and MacHine Workers of America v. 163 Pleasant Street Corporation, International Twist Drill (Holdings), Limited, United Electrical, Radio and MacHine Workers of America v. 163 Pleasant Street CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  5. McKinnon v. Kwong Wah RestaurantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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