NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Electric Boat Division, Defendant-Appellant, and
United States Department of the Navy; H. Lawrence Garrett, III, Secretary, Department of the Navy, Defendants.
State of Connecticut; Commonwealth of Virginia, Amici Curiae.
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the NAVY; General Dynamics Corporation, Electric Boat Division; H. Lawrence Garrett, III, Secretary, Department of the Navy, Defendants-Appellees.
State of Connecticut; Commonwealth of Virginia, Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 4, 1991.
Decided March 16, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Crawford Hoyle, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Thomas C. Papson, McKenna & Cuneo, Washington, D.C., argued (Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Thomas M. Bondy, Malcolm L. Stewart, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Kenneth E. Melson, U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., Craig S. King, Gen. Counsel of the Navy, George P. Williams, Office of Gen. Counsel of the Navy, Robinwyn D. Lewis, Robert E. Lieblich, James Recasner, Associate Counsel, Naval Sea Systems Command, C. Stanley Dees, J. Keith Burt, McKenna & Cuneo, Washington, D.C., Merle J. Smith, Jr., Div. Counsel, Gen. Dynamics Elec. Boat Div., Groton, Conn., Conrad M. Shumadine, Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellant.
Gregory Neil Stillman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Va., argued (D. Arthur Kelsey, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Va., Donald C. Holmes, Michael A. Gordon, Holmes, Schwartz & Gordon, Rockville, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.
Richard Blumenthal, Atty. Gen., William B. Gundling, Associate Atty. Gen., Henry S. Cohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for amicus curiae State of Conn.
Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen. of Va., R. Claire Guthrie, Stephen D. Rosenthal, Deputy Attys. Gen., Roger L. Chaffe, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., John B. Sternlicht, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for amicus curiae Com. of Va.
Before HALL, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Two shipyards in the United States have the capability of building the Seawolf nuclear submarine for the U.S. Navy, one operated by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, and the other by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia. This appeal involves the dispute between these shipyards over the award of the next Seawolf contract.
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