Legal Opinion
Board of County Commissioners of Lawrence County, Ohio v. L. Robert Kimball and Associates
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1989No. 87-3635PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
L. Robert Kimball and Associates (“Kim-ball”) appeals the district court’s having granted summary judgment to the Board of County Commissioners of Lawrence County, Ohio. The court reasoned that contracts relied upon by Kimball in its claim against the county are unenforceable as a matter of public policy.
During 1971, Kimball, an engineering firm, entered into two contracts with Lawrence County to provide it with preliminary engineering services for a proposed countywide sewage treatment system and for improvements to an existing treatment plant. These preliminary…
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