R. E. Short Co. v. City of Minneapolis

How courts have described this case

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• limiting scope of review to whether government acted arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably in deciding expenditure would serve public purpose
• \[W]e presume that public officials are properly performing their duties when they make ... decisions [about determinations that a project serves a public purpose].\
• scheme under which city acquires and resells property to private developers; equality and uniformity not addressed
• competitive bidding not required for parking garage contract executed in conjunction with hotel development
• court defers to legislature on policy issues
• court defers to legislature on policy issues

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).