Legal Opinion
Kaiser Steel Corporation, Plaintiff/appellee/cross-Appellant v. Frank Coluccio Construction Company, Defendants/appellants/cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1986No. 84-4424, 85-3515PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION *
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Frank Coluccio Construction Company and its co-venturer S & M (“Coluccio”) appeal an adverse judgment of $4.78 million entered upon a jury verdict for Kaiser Steel on a claim of promissory estoppel. Coluccio also appeals the trial court’s refusal to grant a new trial. We affirm. 1
BACKGROUND
This diversity action arises from a dispute over some large steel pipe that was to be used to complete a $30 million construction project for the Snohomish County Public Utility District in the State of Washington. The project called for installation of several miles of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Mitchell v. KeithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Trust Corp. of Montana v. Piper Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Pacific Cascade Corp. v. NimmerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1980
- Williams v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by21 opinions
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