Engineering Contractors Ass'n of South Florida, Inc. v. Metropolitan Dade County

FINDINGS OF FACT & CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

RYSKAMP, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are six trade associations whose members regularly perform work, either as prime contractors or subcontractors, on construction contracts awarded by Dade County, Florida. Named defendants include Dade County, Florida, its County Commissioners and the County Manager: Three parties have intervened on behalf of the defendants: the Black Business Association; the Allied Minority Contractors’ Association; and the Miami branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Plaintiffs…