Legal Opinion
Davis Associates, Inc. v. Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Dover Housing Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 28, 1974No. 74-1149PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
Davis Associates brought this action in the district court for equitable relief contending, in essence, that the defendants abused their statutory discretion in rejecting its bid for the main contract on a federally-assisted housing project. The district court dismissed the action on the ground that defendants’ rejection of the bid was not “reviewable.” We affirm the dismissal, but base our decision on a somewhat different line of reasoning.
The facts are not in dispute. In early 1973 the Dover (N.H.) Housing Authority (hereinafter “the Authority”) reached a preliminary…
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