Legal Opinion

Becker Electric, Inc. v. City of Bismarck

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 1991No. Civ. 900323PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GIERKE, Justice.

Becker Electric, Inc., appeals from a district court summary judgment dismissing its action against the City of Bismarck. We affirm.

The City advertised for bids for an expansion of the Bismarck Civic Center. Becker and four other contractors submitted bids for the electrical contract, one of four prime contracts on the project. Becker’s was the second-lowest electrical bid. The low electrical bid was submitted by Edling Electric.

Because the bids exceeded the available budget for the project, the City had the architect negotiate with the low bidders on each of the four prime…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Heyer Products Company v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1956
  3. Curtis Ambulance of Florida, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Shawnee, Kansas, and Medevac Midamerica, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  4. Morgan Business Associates, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
  5. Airline Const. v. Ascension Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. H & W Contracting, LLC v. City of WatertownSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Baukol Builders, Inc. v. County of Grand ForksNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2008
  3. City of Fargo v. WielandNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2019
  4. R.J. Zavoral & Sons, Inc. v. Pembina County Water Resource DistrictDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 2021

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