Leazenby Construction, Inc. v. City of Council Bluffs

Summary

Plaintiff entered a contract with CCB for a public improvement project that was impossible to do because of circumstances outside of their control. CCB then terminated the contract and determined they were not a "responsible bidder" and thus barred them from further pacts. Leazenby maintains these actions were in violation of it's civil rights. CCB states that Leazenby performed inadequately and breached the contract.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Leazenby Construction, Inc.
Defense: City of Council Bluffs

Judge: Charles Wolle
Jurisdiction: USDC, Southern District of Iowa
Court: Council Bluffs Courthouse

Case Number: 10-CV-0028
Industry: Construction
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Government Contracts

Plaintiff

Leazenby Construction, Inc.

Represented By:
Templer, John (Whitfield & Eddy P.L.C. )
Farley, Jason (Whitfield & Eddy P.L.C. )

Defense

City of Council Bluffs

Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

AM Session

Other

5 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:03:56	General Case Activities
		00:10:27	General Case Activities
		00:13:31	General Case Activities
		00:24:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Rossbund, Michael	In Person
00:23:04	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Burns, John	Rossbund, Michael	In Person
00:27:49	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Leazenby , Edward	In Person
01:11:54	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Shannon, Marc	Engineering	In Person
		01:07:56	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Shannon, Marc	Engineering	In Person
00:39:57	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Shannon, Marc	Engineering	In Person
01:18:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Shannon, Marc	Engineering	In Person
01:24:25	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Johnston, Steve	Engineering	In Person
00:14:43	General Case Activities	Burns, John
00:17:22	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Johnston, Steve	Engineering	In Person
01:03:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Johnston, Steve	Engineering	In Person
		00:53:24	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Mullen, Michael	Creek, Phil	In Person
00:35:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Creek, Phil	In Person
01:13:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Creek, Phil	In Person
00:01:16	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mullen, Michael	Creek, Phil	In Person
00:06:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Creek, Phil	In Person
00:09:19	End of Session

JUN

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Williams, Ron	In Person
00:12:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Farley, Jason	Williams, Ron	In Person
00:16:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Burns, John	Williams, Ron	In Person
00:20:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Farley, Jason	Williams, Ron	In Person
00:23:27	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Burns, John	Williams, Ron	In Person
00:24:48	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Farley, Jason	Farrington, Rodney	In Person
00:33:58	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Farrington, Rodney	In Person
00:42:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Farley, Jason	Farrington, Rodney	In Person
00:45:40	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Burns, John	Farrington, Rodney	In Person
00:46:45	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Farley, Jason	Williams, Ron	In Person
00:42:33	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Williams, Ron	In Person
01:10:00	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

JUN

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Kopocis, Jeffrey	In Person
00:30:21	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mullen, Michael	Kopocis, Jeffrey	In Person
00:42:10	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Cox, Matt	In Person
00:13:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Cox, Matt	In Person
00:44:35	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Burns, John	Cox, Matt	In Person
00:51:26	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Mullen, Michael	Hall, Patrick	In Person
00:26:32	Witness Cross Examination	Templer, John	Hall, Patrick	In Person
00:35:37	Witness Direct Examination	Mullen, Michael	Fichter, Clint	In Person
00:45:27	Witness Cross Examination	Templer, John	Fichter, Clint	In Person
00:47:40	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Walsh, Matthew	In Person
00:25:29	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Walsh, Matthew	In Person
00:37:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Walsh, Matthew	In Person
00:44:02	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Burns, John	Walsh, Matthew	In Person
00:46:16	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Reeder, Greg	In Person
01:22:23	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

JUN

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Leazenby Construction, Inc. v. City of Council Bluffs

Summary

Sessions

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:37	General Case Activities
00:08:18	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Rossbund, Michael	In Person
00:51:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:01	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Rossbund, Michael	In Person
01:12:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:09	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Rossbund, Michael	In Person
01:27:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Shannon, Marc	Engineering	In Person
00:05:21	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Burns, John	Shannon, Marc	Engineering	In Person
00:09:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Shannon, Marc	Engineering	In Person
00:13:12	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Handy, Richard	Engineering	In Person
00:16:22	General Case Activities
00:19:39	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Handy, Richard	Engineering	In Person
01:10:31	Witness Cross Examination	Burns, John	Handy, Richard	Engineering	In Person
01:22:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Handy, Richard	Engineering	In Person
01:25:48	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:09	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Kopocis, Jeffrey	In Person
00:35:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:17	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Kopocis, Jeffrey	In Person
01:28:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:12	Witness Cross Examination	Mullen, Michael	Kopocis, Jeffrey	In Person
00:30:50	General Case Activities		Kopocis, Jeffrey	In Person
00:32:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Kopocis, Jeffrey	In Person
00:38:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Mullen, John	Dorenkamp, Steve	In Person
00:25:57	General Case Activities
00:32:40	Witness Cross Examination	Mullen, John	Dorenkamp, Steve	In Person
00:35:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Templer, John	Dorenkamp, Steve	In Person
00:40:55	Break
00:45:59	Witness Direct Examination	Templer, John	Tomlin, Justin	In Person
01:07:27	Witness Cross Examination	Mullen, John	Tomlin, Justin	In Person
01:15:27	End of Session