Savini Construction Co. v. Crooks Brothers Construction Co.

540 F.2d 1355 SAVINI CONSTRUCTION CO., a co-partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROOKS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., a Nevada corporation, and Robert L. Helms Construction & Development Co., a Nevada corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 72-1609. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 19, 1974. 1 Seymour H. Patt (argued), Reno, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant. 2 John S. Drendel (argued), Bradley & Drendel, Reno, Nev., for defendants-appellees. 3 Before MERRILL and BROWNING, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, * District Judge. OPINION WEIGEL, District Judge: 4 A contract for the emergency rehabilitation of a canal system in Nevada was advertised for bids by the Department of the Interior. The contract was one reserved exclusively for award to a small business under the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 631 et seq. 1 5 Appellant Savini Construction Company (hereinafter "Savini") and appellee Crooks Brothers Construction Company (hereinafter "Crooks Brothers") both certified themselves as a small business as defined in the Small Business Administration regulations, 13 C.F.R. § 121.3 (1972), 2 and both, along with four other construction companies, submitted bids on…