Neilsen & Co. v. Cassia & Twin Falls County Joint Class a School District 151

SWANSTROM, Judge.

In 1975 the Supreme Court considered this ease for the first time. See Neilsen & Co. v. Cassia and Twin Falls County Joint Class A School District 151, 96 Idaho 763, 536 P.2d 1113 (1975) (hereinafter Neilsen I). In that opinion, the Court held that the School District violated I.C. § 67-2310 by awarding a building contract to a contractor who had listed a nonqualified mechanical subcontractor in its bid. The Court also held that Neilsen, the lowest responsible bidder, should be awarded damages incurred in bidding the contract. On remand the trial court allowed damages for…