Autotote Ltd. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority

The “strong public policy underlying the public bidding statutes,” ante at 369, with its necessary corollary that “statutory exceptions to public bidding requirements should be strictly *377construed,” ante at 370, two principles enunciated by the majority, when applied to the facts of this case, compel the conclusion that public bidding is in order here. .

The statute governing the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority provides that:... no contract on behalf of the authority shall be entered into for the doing of any work, or for the hiring of equipment or vehicles, where the sum to be…