California Court of Appeal
Eel River Disposal and Resource Recovery, Inc. v. County of Humboldt, A135744
The trial court erred in denying the petition for writ of mandate to compel defendant-county to vacate its award of an exclusive franchise to collect and dispose of solid waste to a third party, where: 1) the phrase "competitive bidding" as used in the governing county ordinance and related statutes is ambiguous; 2) "competitive bidding" must be construed as applying a "lowest responsible bidder" requirement; and 3) the manner in which the franchise was awarded deviated from strict compliance with applicable bidding requirements and gave the successful bidder an unfair advantage.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/05/2013
- Published 11/05/2013
Judges
- KLINE
Court
- California Court of Appeal