CLEVELAND CONSTR. v. CINCINNATI

No. 2007-0114.

118 Ohio St.3d 283 (2008)

2008-Ohio-2337

CLEVELAND CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellee, v. CITY OF CINCINNATI, Appellant, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Statman, Harris & Eyrich, L.L.C., W. Kelly Lundrigan, and Elizabeth L. Hutton, for appellee.

Julia L. McNeil, Cincinnati City Solicitor, and Richard Ganulin and Mary Frances Clark, Assistant City Solicitors, for appellant.

Stephen L. Byron, Adam J. Rosplock, and John Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.

Thomas R. Winters, First Assistant Attorney General, William P. Marshall, Solicitor General, and Susan M. Sullivan and Ara G. Mekhjian, Assistant Solicitors, urging reversal for amicus curiae state of Ohio.

Michael R. Gareau & Associates Co., L.P.A., and David M. Gareau, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Ross, Brittain & Schonburg Co., L.P.A., and Alan G. Ross, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Northern Ohio Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors.


LANZINGER, J.

{¶ 1} This discretionary appeal was accepted on the issues of whether an unsuccessful bidder may have a constitutionally protected property interest in a public contract and whether it may assert damages for lost profits in an action alleging violation of its procedural due process rights under Section 1983, Title 42, U.S.Code. We hold that because appellant, city of Cincinnati, did not abuse its discretion in failing to award the drywall...

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