Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Chapter, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. v. Kreps
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 6, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-0676PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, the Rhode Island Chapter, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., challenges whether Congress can, consistent with the Fifth Amendment, pinpoint a percentage of government public works contracts for minority businesses, upon a finding that such businesses do not successfully compete because of past and present discrimination.
Congress authorized the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to state and local governmental entities for use in public works projects in the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. §§…
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