Legal Opinion
United States Steel Corporation v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1982No. 19-2096PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Senior District Judge.
We are asked to review in this diversity action the district court’s application of the principle of “active interference” in resolving a dispute arising out of a contract between appellant, the Missouri Pacific Railroad (Mopac), and appellee, United States Steel. Mopac contracted with United States Steel’s American Bridge Division (ABD) for alteration of the superstructure of two Mopac railroad bridges which spanned the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas. The work was necessitated by development of the Arkansas River as a navigable stream pursuant to an act…
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