Legal Opinion
Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. v. Civish
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 1, 2004No. 03-15423PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. (“Cholla”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of its complaint alleging that Arizona state officials’ policy against using materials mined from Woodruff Butte in state construction projects violates its rights under the Establishment Clause, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and 2000d, and the Arizona Constitution. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Dale McKinnon, who is Cholla’s sole shareholder, and his family own a portion of Woodruff Butte.1 In 1990, the McKin-non family leased part of Woodruff Butte…
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