Legal Opinion
Builders Association of Greater Chicago v. County of Cook, and Association of Asian Construction Enterprises, Intervening-Defendants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 2001No. 00-4161, 00-4175PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1988 Cook County adopted an ordinance, here challenged as a denial of equal protection of the laws, establishing a “Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program” (the “M/WBE” program, the parties call it), which requires that a minimum of 30 percent of the total value of any construction contract made by the County be awarded to enterprises at least 51 percent owned by members of specified minority groups such as blacks and Hispanics, and a minimum of 10 percent of the value of the contract to enterprises at least 51 percent owned by women. These quotas can…
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