Big Country Foods, Inc. v. Board Of Education Of The Anchorage School District

868 F.2d 1085 52 Ed. Law Rep. 60 BIG COUNTRY FOODS, INC., an Alaska corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA; Department of Agriculture; Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture; William Demmert, Commissioner of Education for the State of Alaska, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-4018. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 5, 1988. Decided Feb. 28, 1989. Sema E. Lederman, Hansen & Lederman, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant. Neil J. Evans, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Susan R. Sharrock, Thomas E. Wagner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hellen, Partnow & Condon, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before BROWNING, WALLACE and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. OPINION WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Big Country Foods, Inc. (Big Country) appeals the district court's denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction. Big Country, after unsuccessfully bidding for a contract to supply milk to the Anchorage School District for the 1988-89 school year, sought to enjoin the school district from entering into a contract with any…