U.S. EX REL. ALDRIDGE v. PICKUS CONST. & EQUIPMENT

No. 00-2853.

249 F.3d 664 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America for the use and benefit of ALDRIDGE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., and Reliance Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PICKUS CONSTRUCTION & EQUIPMENT CO., INC., and The American Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 4, 2001.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Knox, Jr. (argued), Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephen P. Kikoler (argued), Rosenthal & Schanfield, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Douglas C. Proxmire, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington DC, for Pickus Construction & Equipment Co., Inc.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 29, 2001.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Pickus Construction was the general contractor for the Damage Control Building at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois, and because the United States was the client the project was covered by the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C. §§ 270a-270d. Pickus hired Metrick Electric Co. to work on the project. As the Miller Act requires, Pickus secured a bond (through American...

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