U.S. FOR USE OF STRAUS SYS. v. ASSOCIATED INDEM. CO.

No. 91-4517.

969 F.2d 83 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, for the Use and Benefit of STRAUS SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, Straus Systems, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED INDEMNITY COMPANY, National Surety Corporation, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, and Contract Surety Consultants, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. VanFleet, Jerry L. Elmore, Frank, Elmore & Lievens, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter M. Kilcullen, Kilcullen, Wilson & Kilcullen, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GARWOOD and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

I.

In June 1983, Pyramid International, Inc. (Pyramid), as the prime contractor, subcontracted with Straus Systems, Inc. (Straus) for Straus to perform all mechanical work on the Red River Army Depot Project (Project), a federal construction project for the maintenance and modernization of an army depot in Hooks, Texas. When Pyramid defaulted in the summer of 1985, the Sureties, hereinafter defined, took over as prime contractor of the project...

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