Case ID: so2d_533/html/1226-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "CALOGERO, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

BARBER BROTHERS CONTRACTING CO., INC. v. The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA; Robert G. Graves and H & S Construction Co., Inc.
    No. 88-C-2403.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 1988.
    Rehearing Denied Jan. 13, 1989.
   IN RE: Transportation & Dev. Dept.; Graves, Robert G.; — Defendants); Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number CA88 0218; Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court, Div. “K”, Number 323,181.

Prior report: La.App., 529 So.2d 442.

Granted. Reversed. The trial court judgment is reinstated.

CALOGERO, J.,

concurs, although preferring to bring the case up for full treatment. There is no ambiguity in the relevant bid language for there is no reasonable interpretation other than the construction given the bid by the district court.

LEMMON, J., concurs with reasons.

COLE, J., dissents.