Legal Opinion
Coral Construction Co. v. King County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1991No. 90-35066PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether King County’s Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise set-aside program for public contract awards violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.
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In 1981, King County, Washington (which encompasses the city of Seattle) implemented a program establishing a preference for the use of minority-owned businesses (MBEs) and women-owned businesses (WBEs)1 in letting county contracts or subcontracts.2 See King County, Wash., Code ch. 4.18. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S.…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Alan A. Peightal v. Metropolitan Dade County, Metropolitan Fire Department of Dade CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Robert E. Burns and Margaret Ann GreenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Ministry of Health v. Shiley Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 1994
- Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. SlaterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- Builders Association of Greater Chicago v. County of Cook, and Association of Asian Construction Enterprises, Intervening-Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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