Hadi v. Liberty Behavioral Health Corp.

These consolidated appeals result from Liberty Behavioral Health Corporation’s (Liberty’s) challenge to specifications contained in the Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of Children and Families (DCF), to construct a civil commitment facility for sexually violent predators.

In the first appeal, Liberty sought to uphold the trial court’s grant of a temporary injunction, which prevented DCF from enforcing the statutory requirement that Liberty post a 1% protest bond prior to bringing a challenge to the RFP specifications. In that appeal, Liberty argues the amendment to section…