Bailey v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that silence in the government’s specifications regarding a particular product feature precludes application of the government contractor defense
• holding that the government contractor defense applies regardless of the label attached to the claim, as long as the three Boyle conditions are satisfied
• denying summary judgment based on government contractor defense where manufacturing defect was alleged
• record did not demonstrate that Air Force specifications for fighter jet addressed metallurgic content of bellows canister
• “[T]he requirements of ‘reasonably precise specifications’ and conformity with them refer to the particular feature of the product claimed to be defective.”
• “[T]he requirements of ‘reasonably precise specifications’ and conformity with them refer to the particular feature of the product claimed to be defective.”

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Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• James Latiolais v. Eagle, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-02-24· cited 180×
• Kerstetter v. Pacific Scientific Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-04-18· cited 76×
• Oxford v. Foster Wheeler LLC
  California Court of Appeal· 2009-09-09· cited 47×
• Snell v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-02-20· cited 25×
• Lamb v. Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.
  W.D. Kentucky· 1993-07-27· cited 23×
• Ammend v. BioPort, Inc.
  W.D. Michigan· 2004-03-31· cited 17×
• Feldman v. Kohler Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1996-04-03· cited 15×
• Contango Operators, Inc. v. United States
  S.D. Texas· 2013-08-15· cited 14×
• Russek v. Unisys Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1996-04-10· cited 11×
• Norwood v. Raytheon Co.
  W.D. Texas· 2006-09-11· cited 10×
• Stone-Bey v. Swihart
  N.D. Indiana· 1995-09-22· cited 9×
• Jones v. HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
  S.D. Texas· 2011-09-30· cited 7×
• Haltiwanger v. Unisys Corp.
  District of Columbia· 1996-12-18· cited 6×
• Strickland v. Royal Lubricant Co., Inc.
  M.D. Alabama· 1995-10-19· cited 6×
• Contango Operators, Inc. v. United States
  S.D. Texas· 2014-03-26· cited 6×
• Gray v. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.
  N.D. Georgia· 1995-03-31· cited 4×
• Bragg v. United States
  S.D. Mississippi· 1999-04-02· cited 4×
• Norwood v. Raytheon Co.
  W.D. Texas· 2006-09-18· cited 4×
• Gauthreaux v. United States
  E.D. Virginia· 2009-10-16· cited 3×
• Specialized Monitoring Solutions, LLC v. ADT LLC
  E.D. Texas· 2019-02-07· cited 1×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• International Shortstop, Inc., and Sam Talkington v. Rally's, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-08-29· cited 1,321×
• Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 1,208×
• New York v. Association of Surrogates & Supreme Court Reporters
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-21· cited 135×
• Trevino v. General Dynamics Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-02-23· cited 74×
• PMI Petroleum Marketers, Inc. v. Getty Petroleum Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-19· cited 72×
• Daniel Edward Bynum v. Fmc Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-09-13· cited 65×
• Robert F. Mitchell, Individually v. Lone Star Ammunition, Inc., Etc., Day & Zimmerman, Inc., Etc. And Norris Industries, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-10-03· cited 59×
• Harduvel v. General Dynamics Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-07-31· cited 53×
• prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 12,062 Bennett P. Smith v. Xerox Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-02-23· cited 48×
• Sandra Judith \Sandy\ Simons Solomon v. Walgreen Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-09-21· cited 40×
• McGonigal v. Gearhart Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-11· cited 15×
• Chanel, Inc. v. Italian Activewear Of Florida, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-05-24· cited 14×
• Skyline Air Service, Inc., Americas Insurance Company v. G.L. Capps Company, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-09-19· cited 12×
• Bailey v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-10-21· cited 2×

Other cases named Bailey v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Bailey v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-10-21· cited 2×