ANDREWS v. SPRINGFIELD

No. 08-P-895.

75 Mass. App. Ct. 678 (2009)

MARK ANDREWS & others v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher N. Souris for the plaintiffs.

Harry P. Carroll (Edward M. Pikula, City Solicitor, with him) for the defendant.

Martha Coakley, Attorney General, & Karla E. Zarbo, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: VUONO, MEADE, & FECTEAU, JJ.


VUONO, J.

The plaintiffs are taxpayers who reside in the city of Springfield. They brought this action in Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 40, § 53,2 claiming that Springfield violated a competitive bidding statute, G. L. c. 149, §§ 44A et seq. (c. 149), in connection with the construction of a new regional animal control center (center). In 2003, Springfield entered into a "lease" agreement with Monarch Enterprises,...

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