City of Westfield v. Harris & Associates Painting, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that failure to comply with a Massachusetts state procurement statute did not void a municipal contract and distinguishing the legal authority initially cited by the City of Methuen in the present dispute
• listing Massachusetts cases in which courts considered enforceability of contract even where illegality issue was not raised in advance, because enforcement would be contrary to public policy

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