Legal Opinion
Glover v. Johns-Manville Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1981No. 80-1085PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
The appeal at hand arises from an action for indemnity brought against the United States by the Johns-Manville Corporation and fourteen other manufacturers of asbestos-based insulation products (the manufacturers). The district court dismissed the two contractual counts of the manufacturers’ complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and, after a full trial, held as a matter of both law and fact that the manufacturers were not entitled to recover on their remaining claim for noncontractual indemnity.1 We affirm the decision on non-contractual indemnity, but…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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