C. BOLANDER & SONS v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

No. C4-88-2383.

451 N.W.2d 204 (1990)

CARL BOLANDER & SONS CO., et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, et al., petitioners, C.S. McCrossan Construction Inc., petitioner, Appellants, Palda & Sons, Inc., Shafer Contracting Co., Inc., Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Fitzgerald, Minneapolis City Atty., Robert L. Meller, Jr., Best & Flanagan, Minneapolis, for City of Minneapolis.

Thomas J. Rooney, Rooney & Neilson, Ltd., Arden Hills, for C.S. McCrossan Const. Co., Inc.

Patrick J. O'Connor, Jr., Hart, Bruner & O'Brien, P.A., Minneapolis, for Carl Bolander & Sons, Co., et al.

Carl A. Swenson, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, for Shafer Contracting Co., Inc., Palda & Sons, Inc., Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


KEITH, Justice.

The question in this case is whether a bid on a public construction contract, which did not include the name of a potential women-owned subcontractor for five percent of the total value of the contract as required by the specifications, rendered the bid materially nonresponsive. The trial court found the contract, as bid, valid and enforceable. The court of appeals reversed. We affirm the court of appeals...

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