Robichaux Construction, Inc. v. Solid Waste Disposal, Inc.

ORDER AND REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

In this RICO case, the plaintiff, Robi-chaux Construction, Co., charges that it was denied the award of a trash collection and disposal contract by the Lafourche Parish Council, although it submitted the lowest bid. Plaintiff urges that the defendants in this case conspired to insure, through a pattern of racketeering activity, that a competitor, the defendant Solid Waste Disposal, received preferential treatment in getting the contract.1 Specifically, plaintiff says that defendants Calíais and Faulk bribed Tardo to get favorable treatment for their…