Texas Highway Commission v. El Paso Building & Construction Trades Council

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• interpreting predecessor prevailing wage rate statute and holding that determination of rate by highway commission was “final and not reviewable by the courts
• noting “the traditional principle of” keeping executive branch pro- curement “free from vexatious and dilatory restraints at the suits of prospective or potential sellers.” (quotation marks omitted)
• authority to determine what is “general prevailing rate of per diem wages” is an administrative function.
• statute making determination of the Highway Commission as to general prevailing wage `final' made Commission's decision not subject to review by the courts
• “Like private individuals and businesses, the Government enjoys the unre- stricted power to produce its own supplies, to determine those with whom it will deal, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which it will make needed pur- chases.”
• “Like pri- vate individuals and businesses, the Government enjoys the unrestricted power to 31 produce its own supplies, to determine those with whom it will deal, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which it will make needed purchases.”

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