Legal Opinion

Williams Pipe Line Co. v. Curtis Benson & Sons, Inc.

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided April 2, 1986No. Civ. No. 4-85-151Published

1Opinion of the Court

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Williams Pipe Line Company brought this action for damages against Curtis Benson & Sons, Inc., Curtis Benson, and Robert Arendt. Defendant Arendt crossclaimed against Curtis Benson & Sons and Benson (collectively, Curtis Benson). All defendants brought third-party complaints against the United States.1 This matter is now before the court on the United States’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

For the purposes of this motion, the court takes third-party plaintiffs’ factual allegations as true. Plaintiff…

2Cases cited10 opinions

United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio GrandenseSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
United States v. NeustadtSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
Block v. NealSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
Thomas W. Garland, Inc. v. The City of St. Louis and Manley Investment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
McMichael v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985

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