· 1/22/1990
Granite Computer Leasing Corp. v. The Travelers Indemnity Company
Citations
- 894 F.2d 547
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 889
- 1990 WL 4381
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding subcontractor’s obligation to “proceed diligently” required it to “continue its performance under the contract pending resolution of its claim.”
- “Under basic suretyship law, a surety’s obligations cannot be more burdensome than those of its principal, and where the principal is not liable on the obligation, neither is the guarantor.”
- subcontractor “bound under the disputes clause of the prime contract to submit its claim to [the prime contractor] and to continue working even if the subcontract had been breached by the government’s delays in design approval”
- noting surety had completed the project after principal defaulted
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Judges: Cardamone, Kearse, Pierce
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