Plaintiff Allstate Sweeping, LLC (Allstate) is owned and operated by two white women: Martha Krueger and Barbara Hollis. In January 2006 it began performing pressure-washing services at Denver International Airport (DIA) under a contract with the City and County of Denver (Denver). Although the contract term was through July 2008, it was terminated by Denver on July 1, 2007. Defendant Calvin Black... More...   $0 (02-08-2013 - CO)

The State of Nevada appeals the district court’s permanent injunction prohibiting the retroactive application of two Nevada laws: Assembly Bill 579, expanding the scope of sex offender registration and notification requirements, and Senate Bill 471, imposing, inter alia, residency and movement restrictions on certain sex offenders. The district court permanently enjoined retroactive application ... More...   $0 (02-10-2012 - NV)

Illinois law provides that “workers . . . employed by or on behalf of any public body engaged in the construction or demolition of public worksâ€� (defined as “all fixed works constructed or demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,â€� 820 ILCS 130/2) shall be paid “not less than the general prevailing rate of hourly wages for work of a similar charact... More...   $0 (01-31-2012 - IL)

Arturo Martinez brought this action against his former employer, W.W. Grainger, Inc. (Grainger), alleging wage discrimination and termination on the basis of race and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Martinez also claimed that Grainger breached his employment contract. The district court1 grante... More...   $0 (12-22-2011 - mn)

In 2004, following a competitive bidding process, defendant California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) awarded real parties in interest Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Inc. (DNCPR), and Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at San Diego (DNCPRSD) (hereafter collectively Delaware North) a contract to operate a concession at the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park for a peri... More...   $0 (04-29-2011 - CA)

¶1 This case involves an attempt by a qui tam taxpayer to intervene in a declaratory judgment action which was brought by officials in response to the qui tam demand and notice. The taxpayer challenged the City's expenditure of funds for an economic development project which involved construction and location of a sporting goods store, Bass Pro, in the City of Broken Arrow. The construction had b... More...   $0 (01-18-2011 - OK)

Plaintiff Yezzi Associates, L.L.C., appeals a December 5, 2008, order denying its motion in limine seeking to bar certain documentary and testimonial evidence at trial. It also appeals a January 23, 2009, order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Brick Township Board of Education (defendant or the Board) dismissing plaintiff's complaint with prejudice. We reverse in part and af... More...   $0 (07-19-2010 - NJ)

We have long recognized that “[a] contractor of public works who, acting reasonably, is misled by incorrect plans and specifications issued by the public authorities as the basis for bids and who, as a result, submits a bid which is lower than he would have otherwise made may recover in a contract action for extra work or expenses necessitated by the conditions being other than as represented.â€... More...   $0 (07-12-2010 - CA)

The sole question in this case is whether state procurement officials are entitled to absolute immunity or qualified immunity for common law claims arising from the bid evaluation process. In this case, a disappointed bidder sued the procurement officials individually after the administrative hearing officer in the bid protest proceeding found serious improprieties in the bid evaluation process. T... More...   $0 (05-14-2010 - AK)

The City of Los Angeles (City) obtained millions of dollars worth of construction work that it does not want to pay for. It believes it is absolved of any obligation to pay by Public Contracts Code section 71071 and Amelco Electric v. City of Thousand Oaks (2002) 27 Cal.4th 228 (Amelco) on the theory that they dictate a method of proving contract damages, a method that the contractor, Dillingham-R... More...   $0 (03-18-2010 - CA)

The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 (the “Actâ€� or the “Oklahoma Actâ€�) is one of a multitude of recent state enactments that regulate illegal immigration and verification of employment eligibility. This case implicates three provisions of the Act. Section 7(B) forces businesses to utilize the Basic Pilot Program to verify the work authorization status of their employees... More...   $0 (02-02-2010 - OK)

This case arises from a highly unusual and extremely disturbing set of circumstances. In September 1995, Tanya Nicole Kach was a fourteen-year-old student when she befriended, and later became intimate with, Thomas Hose, a security guard at her middle school. Several months later, Kach ran away from home and spent the next approximately ten years living clandestinely with Hose. In March 2006, when... More...   $0 (01-01-2010 - pa)

This is an appeal from a judgment holding a surety liable for sums owed to a sub-subcontractor under a payment bond issued pursuant to Idaho Code § 54-1927. The surety contends that there was insufficient evidence to find that the subcontractor and sub-subcontractor had entered into an express contract and that the district court erred in holding that the sub-subcontractor gave timely written not... More...   $0 (11-27-2009 - ID)

Anthony Lewis, a pro se litigant, sued Sprint Nextel1 (“Sprintâ€�) in federal court for breach of contract. The district court dismissed his suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Months before the district court dismissed the complaint, though, Mr. Lewis had filed a motion for default judgment against Sprint as Sprint had failed to timely answer the original complaint. The magistrate jud... More...   $0 (08-20-2009 - KS)

Bruce Kaplan, plaintiff in this breach-of-contract action, appeals from a an order granting summary judgment to defendant, Township of Old Bridge (the Township). The order dismissed, with prejudice, all claims against the Township.

The three-count complaint alleged a contract between the parties for the provision by plaintiff of "brokerage and/or benefit consultant services" to the ... More...   $0 (01-15-2009 - NJ)

In this action for breach of contract, we are asked to determine whether a construction contractor may recover lost profit damages from the breaching party that are attributable to impaired bonding capacity. Petitioner, Denny Construction Inc. ("Denny"), and Respondent, the City and County of Denver acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (the "Board"), brought breach of contract claims ag... More...   $0 (01-12-2009 - CO)

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the Magnet and Permit with Transportation (PWT) programs of defendant Los Angeles Unified School District (the District) violate Proposition 209 (Cal. Const., art. I, § 31, eff. Nov. 6, 1996) because the programs take into account a student’s race or ethnicity in determining admission. Proposition 209 prohibits favorable or discriminatory considerat... More...   $0 (12-19-2008 - CA)

This appeal asks whether a second class township’s sale of real property to a municipal authority which then conveyed the property to a predetermined third party violated a requirement of The Second Class Township Code (Township Code)1 that real property valued in excess of $1,500 be publicly advertised and sold by the township to the highest bidder. More particularly, Redstone Township (Townshi... More...   $0 (11-20-2008 - PA)

Plaintiffs-Appellants Walbridge Aldinger Company, Midwest Building Supplies, Inc., and Joseph Shelton (collectively, “Plaintiffsâ€�), filed suit in district court alleging that Defendant-Appellee City of Detroit violated the Detroit City Code § 18-5-1 et seq. by awarding a storm-sewer construction contract to D’Agostini & Sons, Inc./Lakeshore Engineering, Inc. Joint Venture. The district cour... More...   $0 (10-17-2008 - MI)

In this appeal we must determine whether four individual plaintiffs, Ann Graham, Robert T. DuVal, Alice Crozier and James D. Vance, and People for Open Government (POG), an organization of which they are members, have standing to challenge what they claim to be a lack of enforcement of an ordinance adopted by the City of Hoboken (the City) designed to curtail the nefarious practice of "... More...   $0 (01-09-2008 - NJ)

Appellant Alcoa, Inc. appeals the judgment on a jury verdict in favor of appellees Barbara Behringer and Leroy Behringer, for damages sustained after Mrs. Behringer contracted mesothelioma by breathing asbestos dust brought home in the 1950s on her then-husband's work clothes. Under the facts of this case, we conclude Alcoa did not owe a legal duty to Mrs. Behringer. Accordingly, we reverse the... More...   $0 (07-28-2007 - TX)

This case arises from the City of Poway's (the City) two-step plan to divest itself of ownership of the Poway Royal Mobilehome Park (the Park). The City held one hearing in which it approved resolutions allowing it to issue tax-exempt bonds and loan the proceeds to the Poway Redevelopment Agency (Redevelopment Agency) for its purchase of the Park, and the Redevelopment Agency to later loan ... More...   $0 (04-24-2007 - CA)

1 The issue before us concerns the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act (hereinafter the Act).1 We hold that the Act is a general law of state-wide concern that contains a proper and legitimate classification of municipalities with a population greater than 35,000. This population classification bears a reasonable relationship to the Act's objective cod... More...   $0 (03-18-2006 - OK)

In this civil rights action, plaintiff and appellant Eldon Ray Blumhorst appeals from a judgment of dismissal, following the sustaining of a demurrer without leave to amend and the granting of judgment on the pleadings, in favor of defendants and respondents Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, House of Ruth, Inc., Su Casa Family Crisis and Support Center, Domestic Violence Center of th... More...   $0 (02-16-2005 - CA)

In this civil rights action, plaintiff and appellant Eldon Ray Blumhorst appeals from a judgment of dismissal, following the sustaining of a demurrer without leave to amend and the granting of judgment on the pleadings, in favor of defendants and respondents Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, House of Ruth, Inc., Su Casa Family Crisis and Support Center, Domestic Violence Center of th... More...   $0 (02-16-2005 - CA)