UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA v. KENNON CONST. CO.

Nos. 73-2191-73-2192 and 73-2193.

502 F.2d 792 (1974)

UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. KENNON CONST. CO., and Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, R. E. Hunt Const. Co., and J. P. Derryberry, d/b/a Derryberry Const. Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. KENNON CONST. CO., and Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, R. E. Hunt Const. Co., and J. P. Derryberry, d/b/a Derryberry Const. Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gareth S. Aden, Harlan Dodson, Hooker, Keeble, Dodson & Harris, Nashville, Tenn., for appellant.

John P. Branhan, Glasgow, Adams & Taylor, J. C. Dale, Jr., Dale & Dale, Thomas A. Higgins, W. Ovid Collins, Jr., Cornelius, Collins, Higgins & White, Nashville, Tenn., for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, MILLER and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

These cases concern a dispute over performance of a construction contract between the owner of the project (Union Oil Co. of California), the general contractor (Kennon Construction Co. and its bonding company, Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland) and two subcontractors (R. E. Hunt Construction Co. and Derryberry Construction Co.). Jurisdiction is founded upon diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1970).

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