SQUARE CONST. CO. v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT

Nos. 85-1037, 85-1038.

800 F.2d 1256 (1986)

SQUARE CONSTRUCTION CO. and La Fera Contracting Co., a joint venture, Appellants, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.; General Reinsurance Corp.; American Re-Insurance Corp.; Employers Reinsurance Corp.; North American Reinsurance Corp., Third Party Defendants and Fourth Party Plaintiffs, v. Frank RAGONESE; Margaret Ragonese; Joseph La Fera, Sr.; Joseph La Fera, Jr.; Minnie La Fera; Rose La Fera, Fourth Party Defendants. SQUARE CONSTRUCTION CO. and La Fera Contracting Co., a joint venture, Appellees, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.; General Reinsurance Corp.; American Re-Insurance Corp.; Employers Reinsurance Corp.; North American Reinsurance Corp., Third Party Defendants and Fourth Party Plaintiffs, v. Frank RAGONESE; Margaret Ragonese; Joseph La Fera, Sr.; Joseph La Fera, Jr.; Minnie La Fera; Rose La Fera, Fourth Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Thomas, Washington, D.C. (John B. Tacke, Hudson & Creyke, Alexandria, Va., on brief), Kenneth I. Johnson, Washington, D.C. (Lois C. Greisman, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., George P. Doss, Jr., Alexandria, Va., Nathan Patz, Baltimore, Md., John H. Johnston, Fairfax, Va., on brief), for appellants/cross-appellees.

William B. Bircher, Washington, D.C. (Sara E. Lister, Robert L. Polk, Gerard J. Stief, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before WIDENER and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and McMILLAN, District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals arise out of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (Authority's) termination of a contract with Square Construction Co. and La Fera Contracting Co. (Square/La Fera) for the construction of a portion of the Washington, D.C. Metro subway system. In these appeals, the Authority and Square/La Fera both appeal from portions of the district court's decision upholding a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers Board of...

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