UNDERGROUND CONTRACTORS ASS'N v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 48109.

66 Ill.2d 371 (1977)

362 N.E.2d 298

UNDERGROUND CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Quinlan, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Daniel Pascale and Edmund Hatfield, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Steven G. Revethis (law student), of counsel), for appellant.

O'Brien, Carey, McNamara & Scheuneman, Ltd., of Chicago (Donald V. O'Brien, and LaDonna Chuchro (law student), of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment order entered against the city of Chicago, invalidating certain procedures used for bidding on and awarding contracts. The circuit court of Cook County ruled the procedures violated the statutory requirement that public works contracts be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 24, par. 8-10-3.) The city was granted...

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