Legal Opinion
Cone Corp. v. Florida Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 1991No. 89-3694PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court declaring unconstitutional on fourteenth amendment equal protection grounds a Florida statute, Fla.Stat. § 339.0805 (1989), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, Fla.Admin. Code Ann. ch. 14-78 (1989), that created a set-aside and minority business participation program for contracts awarded by Florida’s Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary), the head of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).1 In its order, the district court2 noted that this statute and the regulations had been modeled after a…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Michigan Road Builders Ass'n, Inc. v. BlanchardDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1991
- Ridgeway v. SullivanDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1992
- Cone Corp. v. Hillsborough CountyDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1991
- The Cone Corporation v. Florida Department Of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991