Legal Opinion
Edwards v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 21, 1990PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
This case requires us to determine whether the city of Boston is bound by the Uniform Procurement Act, G. L. c. 30B, and, if so, whether the exercise by the city of an option contained in a preexisting contract was consistent with that statute. We hold that the statute applies to the city and that the exercise of the option in question violated the statute. Accordingly we affirm the order of the single justice of the Appeals Court.
This dispute centers on the award of a contract to manage Boston’s school transportation service for the 1990-1991 school year. The school committee of Boston and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. Commissioner of RevenueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- In Re the Emigrant Industrial Savings BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- East Side Construction Co. v. Town of AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Emerson College v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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