JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP. v. U.S.

No. 87-1332.

855 F.2d 1556 (1988)

JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey G. Sherzer, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., argued, for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief, were Robert M. Bruskin, Barbara A. Duncombe and John R. Alison. Also on the brief, were Robert D. Batson and Nancy E. Stead, Manville Corp., Littleton, Colo., of counsel.

Harold J. Engel, Deputy Director, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued, for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief, were John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Patrick Glynn, Director and David S. Fishback, Sr. Trial Counsel.

Robert M. Chilvers, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., represented the amicus curiae, Fibreboard Corp. Also on the brief, was Ann T. Olson, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel. Paul A. Zevnik, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, D.C., represented the amicus curiae, GAF Corp. With him on the brief, were David O. Bickart and Molly D. Current. Also on the brief, were Max Gitter and Stuart M. Cobert, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City and John P. Carey, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH and ARCHER, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS and BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the United States Claims Court (Nettesheim, J.), entered April 6, 1987, and reported as Keene v. United States, 12 Cl.Ct. 197 (1987). The Claims Court granted a motion by the United States to dismiss three suits, Nos. 465-83C, 688-83C, and 1-84C, brought by Johns-Manville Corporation and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation (Johns-Manville).1 The Claims Court certified the...

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