United States ex rel. Gulf States Enterprises, Inc. v. R.R. Tway, Inc.

Use Plaintiff-Appellant, Gulf States Enterprises Company, Inc., appeals from the magistrate judge’s judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees, R.R. Tway, Inc., Phil Hoffman, Inc., and Federal Insurance Company, on a claim under the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C. § 270a, et seq., for payment of equipment rentals. Finding no error in the magistrate judge’s alternative determinations that (1) the Miller Act claims were time barred, (2) Gulf States’ connection with the project’s prime contractor was too remote to permit recovery under the Miller Act, and (3) Gulf States’ claims under Louisiana state law…