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BUILDERS ASSN' OF CHICAGO v. COUNTY OF COOK

Nos. 00-4161, 00-4175.

256 F.3d 642 (2001)

BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHICAGO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF COOK, Defendant-Appellant, and Association of Asian Construction Enterprises, et al., Intervening-Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Conway (argued), Conway & Mrowiec, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard A. Devine, Office of the State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago, IL, Earl L. Neal, Jerome A. Siegan (argued), Neal & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael K. Fridkin, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Chicago, IL, for Intervenor.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and Diane P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

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...

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