Legal Opinion

District Council No. 9, International Brotherhood of Painters & Allied Trades v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 1, 1982PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stephen G. Crane, J.

This case pits conflicting public policies against one another. It presents intensely difficult issues of government agency social responsibilities and of rights of contractors and their employees under competitive bidding statutes intended to protect the public fisc.

This is an article 78 proceeding brought by a union, a painting contractor and an association of painting contractors for a judgment voiding the award, without competitive bidding, of a contract made by respondent, New York City Transit Authority (TA), with respondent Wildcat Service…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Dairylea Cooperative, Inc. v. WalkleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. S. T. Grand, Inc. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Jered Contracting Corp. v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. Morgenthau v. CookeNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. Gerzof v. SweeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1968

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Corbett v. New York State Thruway AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. District Council No. 9, International Brotherhood of Painters & Allied Trades v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  3. Creole Enterprises, Inc. v. GiulianiNew York Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Railroad Maintenance Corp. v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  5. Troeller v. New York City Department of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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