GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY v. Cianci

The plaintiff, Gilbane Building Company, bidder for a city construction contract, brought this civil action in the Superior Court to enjoin the defendant Board of Contract and Supply of the City of Providence (the board) from awarding the contract to defendant intervener Capaldi-Campanella, another bidder. The trial justice granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the city from awarding the contract to any party other than the plaintiff. In his order he further specified that the injunction shall be automatically dissolved in the event that the board votes to award the contract to…