Legal Opinion

The Matter of ACME Bus Corp. v. Orange County

New York Court of Appeals

Decided November 22, 2016No. 182PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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Fahey, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding to annul Orange County’s award of transportation contracts to Quality Bus Service, LLC and VW Trans, LLC, the question presented is whether the award was arbitrary and capricious. We hold that it was. We address whether evaluation criteria for public bids submitted pursuant to General Municipal Law § 104-b must be followed as set out in the requests for proposals or if the criteria may be changed, after the receipt of proposals, by the government agency responsible for evaluating them.

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In May 2013, the Orange County Department of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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