St. Paul Dredging Co. v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding in accordance with federal cases that absent an exculpatory clause in the subcontract a contractor can recover for losses sustained by its subcontractor
• failure to procure the necessary cooperation of a third party to fulfill the state’s obligation to remove telephone poles did not excuse the state from performance, absent a specific contractual provision of excuse for that contingency
• “It is well settled that a promise which cannot be performed without the consent or cooperation of a third party is not excused because of the promisor’s inability to obtain such cooperation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Interstate Contracting Corp. v. City of Dallas
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-04-16· cited 68×
• Alamo Community College District v. Browning Construction Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-02-09· cited 56×
• Juengel Const. Co., Inc. v. Mt. Etna, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1981-07-28· cited 41×
• Buckley & Co., Inc. v. State
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1975-07-30· cited 32×
• Mitsui & Co. v. Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority
  D. Puerto Rico· 1981-11-10· cited 24×
• Barbarossa & Sons, Inc. v. Iten Chevrolet, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1978-04-21· cited 23×
• Eric A. Carlstrom Construction Co. v. Independent School District No. 77
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-07-01· cited 21×
• Wexler Construction Co. v. Housing Authority
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1962-07-05· cited 21×
• D.H. Blattner & Sons, Inc. v. Firemen's Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1995-08-08· cited 13×
• Farrell Construction Co. v. Jefferson Parish
  E.D. Louisiana· 1988-08-25· cited 11×
• Unnamed case
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-10-14· cited 8×
• Interstate Contracting Corp. v. City of Dallas
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-02-04· cited 8×
• Waldinger Corp. v. CRS Group Engineers, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-10-14· cited 8×
• Board of County Commissioners v. CAM Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-08-24· cited 6×
• Superior Gunite v. Ralph Mitzel Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-03-30· cited 5×
• enXco Development Corporation v. Northern States Power Company
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-07-10· cited 5×
• Public Health Trust of Dade County v. M.R. Harrison Construction Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-07-24· cited 5×
• Frank Briscoe Co., Inc. v. County of Clark
  D. Nevada· 1991-07-31· cited 2×
• In Re Mr. Movies, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 2002-12-23· cited 2×
• Inter Contr Corp v. City of Dallas Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-02-06

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Merritt v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-03-02· cited 252×
• United States v. Blair Ex Rel. Roanoke Marble & Granite Co.
  Supreme Court· 1944-05-08· cited 224×
• Severin v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1943-05-03· cited 136×
• F. H. McGraw & Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1955-04-05· cited 78×
• Warren Bros. Roads Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1952-07-15· cited 36×
• Continental Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1949-01-03· cited 26×
• Continental Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1952-01-08· cited 24×
• Hunt v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1921-11-07· cited 23×
• Donovan Construction Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1957-04-03· cited 22×
• Derby Road Building Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1958-06-13· cited 20×
• James Stewart & Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1946-01-07· cited 16×
• J. W. Bateson Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1958-07-16· cited 12×
• Pearson, Dickerson, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1950-01-03· cited 11×
• Hokanson v. Western Empire Land Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1916-01-14· cited 8×
• Peter Kiewit & Sons' Co. v. State Highway Commission
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1959-05-16· cited 4×