Legal Opinion
Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. City & County of San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1987No. 85-2420PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
We consider a challenge to an ordinance of the City and County of San Francisco (the city) giving various preferences to minority-owned, women-owned and locally-owned business enterprises (MBEs, WBEs and LBEs). The district court upheld the ordinance, rejecting claims that it violates the city’s charter, federal civil rights laws and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.
*924Facts
On April 2, 1984, after numerous hearings and considerable debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors enacted Chapter 12D of the City’s Administrative Code (the ordinance).…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
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