Civic Mind, LLC v. Hartford

Citations

• 229 Conn. App. 615

Syllabus

The plaintiff appealed from the trial court's judgment dismissing its action against nineteen defendants concerning the defendant city's allegedly fraud- ulent solicitation of bids for the redevelopment of a stadium. The plaintiff claimed, inter alia, that the court improperly determined that it lacked standing to pursue its claims. Held: The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's claims seeking injunctive and declaratory relief for lack of standing because the court correctly deter- mined that the request for proposals issued by the defendant city in connec- tion with the redevelopment project was not governed by the competitive bidding requirements of the applicable statute (§ 4b-91) or the applicable provision of the Hartford Municipal Code (§ 2-548). The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's claims seeking monetary damages against the defendants other than the city because the root issue of those claims was that the plaintiff had participated in the request for proposals and was not awarded a contract, and the rejection of its proposal did not establish standing for the plaintiff to seek judicial intervention. Argued May 28—officially released December 17, 2024