OWEN OF GEORGIA, INC. v. SHELBY CTY.

Nos. 78-1013-1014.

648 F.2d 1084 (1981)

OWEN OF GEORGIA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. SHELBY COUNTY; Roy Nixon, Mayor of Shelby County; Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Company, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1981.

As Amended June 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Bearman, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., James McDonnell, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellants, cross appellees.

Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Heiskell, Donelson, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee, cross appellant.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

This diversity case deals with the ability of an unsuccessful bidder to challenge the decision by a municipality to award a public contract to another bidder. Owen of Georgia, Inc. submitted the low bid for the structural steel portion of a contract to build the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center for Shelby County, Tennessee. The contract was awarded to the second-lowest bidder for the steel package, Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Company...

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