Albin Carlson & Company v. State

In Albin Carlson & Company v. State (1996), 48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 245, the Court found in favor of a Claimant contractor on the pertinent issue because Respondent had not acted within a 20-day period as required by the contract. The Court stated that it was clear that the Respondent's right to deny a minority business enterprise waiver request expired after the 20-day period. On a separate, nondeterminative issue, the Albion court noted that, an ambiguous contract is construed against the party who drafted it, since he chose the language, and it is therefore responsible for the ambiguity. (48 Ill. Ct. Cl. at 250.)