Legal Opinion
H.K. Porter Company, Inc. v. Metropolitan Dade County, John Dyer, Individually and as Contracting Officer for Metropolitan Dade County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 2, 1992No. 90-5678PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (“STAA”), Pub.L. 95-599, 92 Stat. 2689 (1978). The question presented is whether a local government’s minority set-aside program can withstand constitutional attack in the absence of investigation by the local government into past discrimination when the STAA did not specifically call for minority set-asides. The answer is “no.”
The dispute in this case arises out of the award of a federal construction contract (“contract Y-621”) for the electrified third rail of Miami’s Metrorail system. The…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Fullilove v. KlutznickSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- The Cone Corporation, J.W. Conner & Sons, Cone Constructors, Inc., Dallas 1 Construction & Develp. Etc. v. Hillsborough County, Larry J. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- H. K. Porter Co. v. Metropolitan Dade CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Shuford v. Alabama State Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1994
- Brooks v. State Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1994
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, No. 1Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Peightal v. Metropolitan Dade CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1993
- Engineering Contractors Ass'n of South Florida, Inc. v. Metropolitan Dade CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1996
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