Broomes v. City of East Chicago

Plaintiffs-appellants Edward L. C. Broomes, Edward Edwards, Katie Mason, Ceasar Bonilla and J. Winston Harper (collectively referred to herein as taxpayers) commenced this public lawsuit to secure an injunction preventing the performance of a construction contract between defendants-appellees City of East Chicago, Indiana, and others (collectively referred to herein as the City) and Metro Construction Company (Metro), and a declaratory judgment adjudicating such contract to be illegal and void. The taxpayers’ complaint alleged that such contract had been procured through a fraud by Metro, and…