Legal Opinion
DRT Mechanical Corp. v. Collin County, Tex.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided January 19, 1994No. 4:93cv15PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PAUL N. BROWN, District Judge.
This is an action by DRT Mechanical Corporation (“DRT”) and C.R. McCally (“McCally”) against Collin County, Texas (“the County”), seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of DRT’s constitutional rights and under a state law theory of promissory estoppel. DRT claims that it had a property right as the low bidder in a construction contract and was deprived of that right when the contract was awarded to the second lowest bidder. McCally is asserting standing to bring this cause of action through his status as a taxpayer in…
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