Legal Opinion
Harder v. ACandS, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided July 16, 1998No. C93-4070-MWBPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED AND SUBSTITUTED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND.1056
A. Procedural Background .1056
B. Factual Background .1057
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1057
A. Standards For Summary Judgment.1057
B. The Statute Of Repose.1058
1. Improvements to real property.1059
2. Are the turbines improvements to real property?.1061
3. Are the insulation blankets improvements to real property?.1062
4. Remaining Challenges.1065
III. CONCLUSION.1065
BENNETT, District Judge.
Under Iowa’s statute of repose, do products…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- American Pipe & Construction Co. v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Phil Quick v. Donaldson Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by5 opinions
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