Legal Opinion
Rocks v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 1, 1989No. 88-1616PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are five Philadelphia residents and taxpayers. They are not now, nor will they in the future be, involved in the construction business. They have appealed from a district court judgment dismissing their complaint against the city and its officials for lack of standing. The complaint asserted an equal protection violation resulting from the application of minority business enterprise participation requirements (“MBE”) to a city construction project. The question for decision is whether, as contended, the appellants have standing to…
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