DATATROL INC. v. STATE PURCHASING AGENT


379 Mass. 679 (1980)

400 N.E.2d 1218

DATATROL INC. vs. STATE PURCHASING AGENT & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Good, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

John Silas Hopkins, III (John M. Harrington, Jr., with him) for American Totalisator Company, Inc., intervener.

Charles F. Choate (Wm. Gerald McElroy, Jr., with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The State Lottery Commission (Lottery) awarded a contract for an on-line number selection processing system to American Totalisator Company, Inc. (AmTote), on September 27, 1978. Datatrol Inc. (Datatrol), a disappointed bidder, commenced this action on October 13, 1978, in the Superior Court for Suffolk County. Datatrol sought, inter alia, a preliminary injunction forbidding the Lottery, the executive director, chairman, and members of the Lottery, and...

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