Legal Opinion

Fowler v. City of Anchorage

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided August 28, 1978No. 3586PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NO WITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ. RABINO WITZ, Justice.

Larry Fowler, a contractor, bid on and was awarded a public construction contract with the City of Anchorage. Between the time the invitation for bids was published and the time the contract was let, a change occurred in the minimum wage regulations for public contracts as provided by the Alaska Department of Labor. Thus, Fowler was required to pay $5,238.10 more in wages than he had planned to pay, based upon the earlier minimum wage figures. He filed a complaint against the city for this…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. Binghamton Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Ross Engineering Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Riley v. NORTHERN COM'L CO., MACHINERY DIV.Alaska Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Board of Trade, Inc. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1998
  3. City & Borough of Sitka v. Construction & General Laborers Local 942Alaska Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Alaska State Federation of Labor v. State, Department of LaborAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Gerber v. Juneau Bartlett Memorial HospitalAlaska Supreme Court · 2000

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