MST Enterprises Co. v. City of New Orleans

|,I concur with the majority’s finding that the trial court erred in granting a preliminary injunction and issuing a mán-damus. I write separately only as to the issue of the public hearing afforded by the City.

Under Lá. R.S. 38:2212(X), an informal hearing is required only “[i]f the public entity letting the contract proposes to disqualify any bidder, either as a potential bidder or as the low bidder, on grounds that such bidder is not a ‘responsible bidder.’ ” (Emphasis added). Our jurisprudence makes a distinction between a “non-responsible” party and a “non-responsive” bid. In A.M.E.…