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TRAP ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC. v. KOHL

59 N.J. 471 (1971)

284 A.2d 161

TRAP ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, RESPONDENT, v. JOHN C. KOHL, COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, AND JAMES R. SCHUYLER, STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER, APPELLANTS. CARMEN OTTILIO, t/a V. OTTILIO AND SONS, RESPONDENT, v. JOHN C. KOHL, COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, argued the cause for appellants (Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, and Mr. David A. Biederman, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Messrs. Alfred L. Nardelli, Roger L. Hillman, and Courtland T. Babcock, II, Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).

Mr. Justin P. Walder argued the cause on behalf of respondent Trap Rock Industries, Inc. (Mr. Jeffrey Barton Cahn, on the brief; Messrs. Schapira, Steiner and Walder, attorneys).

Mr. Louis Santorf argued the cause for respondent Ottilio (Messrs. Kopp, Knoepfel and Toomey, on the brief).

Mr. Theodore W. Geiser argued on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey Heavy, Highway and Construction Industry Advancement Fund (Mr. Richard D. Catenacci, on the brief; Messrs. Hughes, McElroy, Connell, Foley and Geiser, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by WEINTRAUB, C.J.

The issue before us is whether the State Commissioner of Transportation (herein Commissioner) improperly "suspended" the respondents (herein contractors) from bidding on contracts to be awarded by the Department of Transportation, a principal department of the executive branch of the State government. Both contractors had been "classified" to bid. As will presently appear, a statute provides that prospective...

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