Paul Goldman, Inc. v. Burns

This civil action to enjoin the award of a public contract for the purchase of 13 motor vehicles was heard by a justice of the Superior Court sitting without a jury and is now here on the plaintiffs’ appeal from a judgment dismissing the action with prejudice. Two of the four plaintiffs are corporate automobile dealers. They carry on their business under the trade name “Paul Goldman Dodge,” and we refer to it as “Goldman.” At least one of the others is an individual taxpayer 1 of the City of Pawtucket. The defendants, the several members of the Pawtucket Purchasing Board, have been sued in…