Alva Electric, Inc. v. Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp.

RUCKER, Justice.

In this case we are asked to decide whether the specific procedure employed by a school corporation to renovate one of its buildings violated Indiana’s Public Work Statute and if so, whether certain participants in the renovation violated Indiana’s Antitrust Act. We determine that under the facts presented, the Public Work Statute was violated but the Antitrust Act was not.

Background

Indiana, like other states, has enacted statutes governing the way certain public entities must select contractors for publicly funded construction jobs. These statutes are designed “to safeguard…