Legal Opinion
W.H. Scott Construction Co. v. City of Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 24, 2000No. 98-60679PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
Defendants-Appellants City of Jackson, Mississippi, et al., appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Plaintiff-Appellee W.H. Scott Construction Company, Inc., in Plaintiff-Appellee’s equal protection challenge to a policy encouraging minority participation in city construction contracts. We affirm.
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In 1985, the City of Jackson (the “City”) adopted a Minority Business Enterprise Program (“MBE Program” or the “Program”). The Program, designed to remedy the effects of past discrimination, established a “goals” program for the utilization of minority-owned…
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- Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. PenaSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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