WILLIAMS v. CITY OF SIOUX FALLS

No. 87-5085.

846 F.2d 509 (1988)

Porter WILLIAMS, and all those similarly situated, Appellant, v. CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, a Municipal Corporation; Rick Knobe, Mayor; Harold Wingler, Commissioner; Richard Peterson, Commissioner; Harold Mostrom, Director, Department of Community Development; Michael Crane, Former Assistant Director, Department of Community Development; Lyle Graff, Former employee, Department of Community Development; individually and in their official capacities, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde A. Christian, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Richard O. Gregerson, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellees.

Before ARNOLD, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Porter Williams appeals from a final judgment dismissing this action against the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and several city officials. Williams, a black contractor, alleges that he is the victim of racial discrimination resulting from activities carried out in the City's construction contract letting process. The district court1 dismissed the case, finding that Williams had failed to establish a case of intentional...

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