Legal Opinion
Reliance Insurance v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided June 2, 1988No. 379-86CPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LYDON, Senior Judge:
The dispute in this contract case centers on entitlement to certain contract funds, held by the Corps of Engineers. The claimants to these funds are the plaintiff (Reliance), a surety for the contractor; the third-party plaintiff (Valley Bank), an as-signee of the contractor; and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a creditor of the contractor. The contractor, Monument Holding Company (Monument), although served with a Rule 14 Notice to appear and participate in this litigation, failed to do so, and is not a party in this case. At oral argument the court was advised…
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