CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS v. ANSON

(SC 16047)

251 Conn. 202 (1999)

CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS ET AL. v. THEODORE ANSON, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released November 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eliot B. Gersten, with whom were George J. Kelly, Jr., and, on the brief, Edward F. O'Donnell, Jr., for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, with whom were George E. Finlayson, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Clare E. Kindall and Cornelius F. Tuohy, assistant attorneys general, for the appellee (defendant).

Christopher J. Hug, with whom, on the brief, was Scott E. Perry, for the appellee (intervening defendant).

Donald P. Creston and Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad and Sussan Mahallati-Kysela, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the National Association of Manufacturers et al. as amici curiae.

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, McDonald and Peters, Js.


Opinion

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this case is whether a trade association representing nonbidders on a government building project has standing to challenge, on philosophical grounds, the terms of the contract between the state and the successful bidder. Specifically, the association, on behalf of its members, disputes the validity of a construction contract that incorporates a project labor agreement, an agreement that requires contractor...

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