Legal Opinion
James Cape & Sons Co. v. Mulcahy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 2005No. 2002AP2817PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid T. Prosser, J.
¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals 1 affirming a circuit court order granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, James Cape & Sons Company (Cape), in a dispute over forfeiture of a proposal guaranty/bid bond. The issue is whether Cape can recover a $100,000 proposal guaranty that the Department of Transportation (DOT) declared forfeited after Cape refused to perform a highway construction project for which it had submitted the low bid.
¶ 2. Wisconsin Stat. § 66.0901 governs the process for bidding on public works projects. The specific issue in this…
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