C. H. LEAVELL & CO. v. GLANTZ CONTRACTING CORP. OF LA., INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 67-1011, 68-1705 and 69-725.

322 F.Supp. 779 (1971)

C. H. LEAVELL & COMPANY v. GLANTZ CONTRACTING CORPORATION OF LOUISIANA, INC., and Amsterdam Company. C. H. LEAVELL & COMPANY v. INTERNATIONAL ERECTORS, INC., Home Owners Insurance Company, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, and American Employers. C. H. LEAVELL & COMPANY v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF the PORT OF NEW ORLEANS and Department of Highways, State of Louisiana.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Derrick, El Paso, Tex., Peter A. Feringa, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Julian H. Good, New Orleans, La., for Reilly-Benton Co. and Westinghouse Electric Corp.

A. Morgan Brian, Jr., New Orleans, La., for New Amsterdam Casualty Co. and Security Ins. Corp. of Hartford.

P. A. Bienvenu, New Orleans, La., for Glantz Contracting Co.

Clarence F. Favret, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Eastern Steam Specialty Co., Demco, Inc., American Air Filter Co., Inc., Barber-Colman Co. and Honeywell, Inc.

A. R. Christovich, Sr., New Orleans, La., for Rinco Engineering.

Joseph E. Friend, New Orleans, La., for Worthington Corp., Sarco Co., Inc. and Barnebe Cheney Co.

David J. Conroy, New Orleans, La., for Chrysler Corp.

Ralph Kaskell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Curtis & Davis, Associated Architects & Engineers, Edward B. Silverstein & Associates, and Mathes, Bergman & Associates.

A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans, La., for U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Harvey C. Koch, New Orleans, La., for International Erectors and Home Owners Ins. Co.

Sumter D. Marks, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Bd. of Comrs, Port of New Orleans.

Merrill T. Landwehr, New Orleans, La., for Standard Supply & Hardware Co.

Curtis R. Boisfontaine, New Orleans, La., for Capitol Iron and Steel Co.

H. Gordon Hartman, New Orleans, La., for Delta Testing and Inspection, Inc.


RUBIN, District Judge:

A motion for summary judgment here raises the question whether a contract between a building owner and its architects constitutes a stipulation pour autrui in favor of the contractor engaged to construct the building, and whether the architect is impliedly a party to the owner's agreement with the construction contractor.

The Board1 wanted to build an exhibition facility, to be called Rivergate. It agreed...

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