Exley v. Village of Endicott

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mahoney, P. J.

The facts are largely undisputed. At some point in 1978 the corporate petitioner, which sells interconnect telephone systems in competition with the New York Telephone Company (NYT), learned that the Village of Endicott was going to replace its existing telephone system. Petitioner requested that it be permitted to submit a bid. The village, without developing specifications or advertising for bids, signed a contract with NYT for installation and service, of a "Dimension” PBX telephone system pursuant to a two-tier rate contract. Under the two-tier approach…