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http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?sh...ohco20100721558

Any lawyers out there able to translate this?

The short and sweet in lay terms: The case in going back to the lower courts, and we're going to lose.

The cost of finishing the stadium on time?

Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but they tried to halt construction until the original suit was settled?

Basically one of the bidding companies(Meccon) lost out to another company who had bid cheaper. The cheaper company initially backed out their bids and then re-submitted in a different format eventually winning the bid for Fire protection, HVAC and plumbing in the stadium. Meccon claimed the U of A violated state fair bidding practices and went against bidding rules that the U of A themselves wrote into the bid submittal process by allowing the re-submittal

Meccon filed against the U of A to recover their bid preparation costs, "other money damages" and filed a restraining order against the U of A.

The court threw the case out saying Meccons claims were unwarranted and that the court was not able to hear the case since it was a money case? Oh and the restraining order was a non-issue

Meccon appealed and the court seemingly flip-flopped and said they could award Meccon bid prep money.

Then, the U of A tried to appeal the appeal sourcing a similar case that happened some time ago claiming that it was only eligible for "injunctive relief" which seems to not be monetary relief from what I could google and de-jargon.

There then is alot quoting the similar case and talk about violating the fair bidding laws and timeframes that seem to lead towards if the U of A did break the fair bidding laws they could pay bid prep costs and could possibly have to award the bid to Meccon unless the winning company already completed irreversable work...alot of time frame stuff basically.

By the end of the article it looks like Meccon is still pursuing the fair bid breach by the Uof A and the U of A is now challenging stating that Meccon knew about the reject 4 days after submittal and they did not bring the case until 2 months later.

That is my no-legal experience breakdown!

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