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  "id": 5322293,
  "name": "Metal Air Corporation, Claimant, v. State of Illinois, Respondent",
  "name_abbreviation": "Metal Air Corp. v. State",
  "decision_date": "1977-09-22",
  "docket_number": "No. 74-CC-0666",
  "first_page": "103",
  "last_page": "105",
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      "cite": "32 Ill. Ct. Cl. 103"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. Ct. Cl.",
    "id": 8793,
    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T16:54:10.322906+00:00",
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "parties": [
      "Metal Air Corporation, Claimant, v. State of Illinois, Respondent."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Holderman, J.\nThis matter comes before the Court on motion of Respondent to dismiss said cause filed on August 12, 1975, and motion filed by Claimant on March 18,1977, to rule on the August 12,1975, motion of Respondent to dismiss.\nIt appears to the Court that on February 17, 1977, Respondent filed a motion to continue generally.\nThe Court, being fully advised in the premises, finds:\nThe motion to dismiss sets forth that in 1964 Metal Air Corporation, along with other various and sundry companies, associations, etc. developed schemes for. rigging bids involving their type of work. The purpose of the scheme was to allow a designated bidder to bid upon a particular project and the rest of the contractors would then submit higher bids.\nThe Respondent, in its motion, cited the following sections of the statute:\n\u201c8. Participation by the Claimant herein in the arrangement described constituted a violation of Section 3 of the \u201cIllinois Anti Trust Act\u201d found in Ill. Rev. Stat., Ch. 38, paras. 60-1 through 60-11.\n9. The participation in the arrangment described above constituted a fraud against the State in violation of Sec. 14 of the \u201cIllinois Court of Claims Act.\u201d\n10. Illinois Rev. Stat., Ch. 127, para. 132.2, 1973 which is section 2 of the \u201cIllinois Purchasing Act\u201d states as follows:\n\u201cIt is the purpose of this Act and is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that the principal of competitive bidding and economical procurement practices shall be applicable to all purchases and contracts by or for any State agency.\u201d\nSection 10 of the \u201cIllinois Purchasing Act\u201d provides as follows:\n\u201cAny contract entered into or purchase or expenditure of funds by a State agency in violation of this Act or the rules and regulations adopted in pursuance of this Act is void and of no effect.\u201d\nThe 1969 Illinois Revised Statutes contains slightly different phraseology in Sections 2 and 10 of the \u201cIllinois Purchasing Act\u201d as follows:\n\u201cSec. 2. It is the purpose of this Act and is hereby declared the policy of this State that the principle of competitive bidding and economical procurement practices shall be applicable to all purchases and contracts for which State funds are expended.\u201d\n\u201cSec. 10. Any contract entered into or purchase or expenditure of State funds made in violation of this Act or the rules and regulations adopted in pursuance of this Act is void and of no effect.\u201d\nRespondent concludes its motion by stating that the Claimant\u2019s collusive participation in the bid rigging scheme violates both the letter and the spirit of the \u201cIllinois Purchasing Act\u201d and thereby pursuant to Section 10 of the Act renders the contract upon which this claim is based to be totally null and void.\nIt appears to the Court that Respondent\u2019s motion to dismiss is correct. It is the opinion of the Court that this disposes of all the other matters pending and said cause is hereby dismissed.",
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        "author": "Holderman, J."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [],
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    "head_matter": "(No. 74-CC-0666\nMetal Air Corporation, Claimant, v. State of Illinois, Respondent.\nOrder filed September 22, 1977."
  },
  "file_name": "0103-01",
  "first_page_order": 217,
  "last_page_order": 219
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