Legal Opinion

Associated General Contractors of Connecticut, Inc. And Drywall Associates, Inc. v. City of New Haven, B & T Contractors, Inc., Intervenor-Defendant

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 23, 1994No. 444, Docket 94-7316PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellees brought this action for injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging that appellant’s “set-aside” program for public contract awards, enacted as “Chapter 12%” of the New Haven Municipal Code, violated their right to equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 The district court entered summary judgment in plaintiffs’ favor, declaring that the ordinance violated the Equal Protection Clause. 791 F.Supp. 941 (D.Conn.1992). The City of New Haven appeals.

The threshold question presented is whether…

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