Legal Opinion
Pearlman v. Reliance Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 3, 1962No. 78PublishedCited by 482 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
This is a dispute between the trustee in bankruptcy of a government contractor and the contractor’s payment bond surety over which has the superior right and title to a fund withheld by the Government out of earnings due the contractor.
The petitioner, Pearlman, is trustee of the bankrupt estate of the Dutcher Construction Corporation, which in April 1955 entered into a contract with the United States to do work on the Government’s St. Lawrence Seaway project. At the same time the respondent, Reliance Insurance Company,1 executed two surety bonds required of the contractor by the Miller Act,…
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