Legal Opinion
Capeletti Bros. v. Metropolitan Dade County
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided April 13, 1990No. 90-0678-CIVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SCOTT, District Judge.
Once again, an action has been brought challenging the constitutionality of a Metropolitan Dade County ordinance and resolution granting preferential treatment to blacks in its contract bidding process. 1 The ordinance has a provision that allows the county to set aside certain designated county contracts exclusively among Black contractors. It also contains a goals provision by which the county can require that a certain percentage of a contract’s value be subcontracted to Black contractors.
Plaintiffs are White construction…
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- Precision Air Parts, Inc. v. Avco CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Lawrence E. Moch v. East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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