Legal Opinion
COMPACT v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided October 18, 1984No. 3-84-0853PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WISEMAN, Chief Judge.
The present case examines the limits of lawful commercial conduct by minority businessmen in seeking meaningful participation in contracts for the construction of large government projects. This Court must decide whether all black architectural firms in a particular geographic area, who claim to have consistently been denied all but token shares on public works, may unite in a “joint venture” to demand partic ipation as a group, refusing to deal with prime contractors in their individual capacities but only on the terms negotiated exclusively by the coalition.…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Coalition For Equitable Minority Participation In Architectural Contracts In Tennessee (Compact) v. Metropolitan Nashville Airport AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Tower Air, Inc. v. Federal Express Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1996
- Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Service Engineering Co. v. Southwest Marine, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1989
- United States v. North Dakota Hospital Ass'nDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1986
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