Fairchild & Co. v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad

Decided June 30, 1981. John Joseph Sirica wrote the opinion for the court.

516 F. Supp. 1305 · Cited 65 times

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• Sears Roebuck and Company v. Glenwal Company · 325 F. Supp. 86
• Catz American Co. v. Pearl Grange Fruit Exchange, Inc. · 292 F. Supp. 549
• Legg, Mason & Company, Inc. v. MacKall & Coe, Inc. · 351 F. Supp. 1367
• Dickstein v. DuPont · 320 F. Supp. 150
• Duplan Corp. v. W. B. Davis Hosiery Mills, Inc. · 442 F. Supp. 86
• Arbitration Between Tube & Steel Corp. of America v. Chicago Carbon Steel Products · 319 F. Supp. 1302
• Barker v. Government Employees Insurance Company · 339 F. Supp. 1064
• In Re the Arbitration Between Petroleum Transport, Ltd. & Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales · 419 F. Supp. 1233

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