Gallo Asphalt Co. v. Sagner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pashman, J.

This is an appeal by two business entities challenging a debarment order which precludes them from bidding on any public projects financed by the State Department of Transportation (D.O.T.).1 Appellants are family enterprises which are owned and operated by two brothers, *408Gene and Yincent Gallo. Respondent is Alan Sagner, Commissioner of D.O.T., who imposed the debarment order.

On July 31, 1974, Gallo Asphalt Co. (Gallo Asphalt, a partnership) and Passaic Crushed Stone Co., Inc. (Crushed Stone, a corporation), together with one other business…