Legal Opinion
Brown & Root, Inc. v. Big Rock Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1967No. 22895PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
This litigation, begun in 1961, has been around quite a long time. It had its origin in a contract between the appellant, Brown & Root, Inc., a Texas corporation, and the United States for the construction by Brown & Root of locks upon the Mississippi River, referred to as the Old River Navigation Locks or as the Old River Project. Some of the appellees had made bids for supplying Brown & Root with concrete aggregate, or had participated in one way or another in supplying or agreeing to supply aggregate for the project. Those who undertook to supply the aggregate were…
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