Legal Opinion
Trandes Corporation v. Guy F. Atkinson Company, and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1993No. 92-2182PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The Trandes Corporation brought this diversity suit against the Guy F. Atkinson Company (Atkinson) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMA-TA). Trandes alleged that WMATA improperly disclosed and Atkinson improperly acquired and used the “Tunnel System.” The Tunnel System is a computer program written by Trandes’s president, James Brusse, to perform survey calculations for the construction of subway tunnels. After a three day trial, the district court submitted five issues to the jury: (1) whether WMATA breached its contract with Trandes, (2)…
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