CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal we are called upon to apply New York's law of privity, familiar to lawyers from Chief Judge Cardozo's memorable phrase: "The assault upon the citadel of privity is proceeding in these days apace." Ultramares Corp. v. Touche, 255 N.Y. 170, 180, 174 N.E. 441 (1931). That case involved plaintiff's attempt to hold defendant liable for words negligently spoken. In this suit by contractors, working from plans prepared for...
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