Legal Opinion

United States v. Blount Brothers Construction Co.

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided November 25, 1958No. Civ. 10811PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Defendant’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint presents the question whether the protection of a Miller Act 1 payment bond extends to a person who furnishes or contracts to furnish labor and materials to a swb-subcontraet- or.

The amended complaint alleges that defendant Blount Brothers Construction Company (Blount) contracted with the Department of the Navy to construct a water tunnel at Carderock, Maryland; that Blount subcontracted virtually all of the work except the actual erection and installation of the tunnel to Green Fuel Economizer Company, Inc. (Green…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Clifford F. MacEvoy Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Calvin Tomkins Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. United States Ex Rel. Hill v. American Surety Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. Mankin v. United States Ex Rel. Ludowici-Celadon Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. Smith-Faris Co. v. Jameson Memorial Hospital Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. JW Bateson Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Bd. of Trustees of Nat. Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension FundSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. Ft. George G. Meade Defense Housing Corp. No. 1District Court, D. Maryland · 1960
  3. Brown & Root, Inc., Appellant-Appellee v. Gifford-Hill & Company, Inc., Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  4. E. E. Elmer, D/B/A Mississippi Testing Laboratories v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  5. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and L. E. Dixon Company v. Van Harris, an Individual, Doing Business as Harris & Sons, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and L. E. Dixon Company v. Paramount Truck Rental, Inc., and Van Harris, an Individual Doing Business as Harris & Sons, Paramount Truck Rental, Inc. v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and L. E. Dixon CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966

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