M. B. GURAN CO., INC. v. CITY OF AKRON

No. 75-2258.

546 F.2d 201 (1976)

M. B. GURAN COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF AKRON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Carr, Brouse & McDowell Co. L. P. A., Akron, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

James R. Graves, John E. Holcomb, Asst. Law Directors, City of Akron, Akron, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before CELEBREZZE, ENGEL and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

The principal and, we hold, controlling issue in this appeal is whether the violation by a local community of guidelines for competitive bidding as contained in a handbook of the Department of Housing and Urban Development gives rise to an implied right of action cognizable in a federal district court against that community in favor of a disappointed contractor whose low bid was not accepted. Upon the authority of Cort v. Ash, ...

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