CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, INC.; General Building Contractors Association, Inc.; Associated Master Painters & Decorators of Philadelphia, Inc.; Employing Bricklayers Association of Delaware Valley, Inc.; Interior Finish Contractors Association, Inc.; Mechanical Contractors Association of Eastern Pennsylvania, Inc.; Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association, Inc.; Sub-Contractors Association of Delaware Valley, Inc.; National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc.
v.
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; Elizabeth Reveal, as Director of Finance for the City of Philadelphia; Curtis Jones, Jr., as Director of the Minority Business Enterprise Council; United Minority Enterprise Associates, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 7, 1995.
Decided July 31, 1996.
Sur Petition for Rehearing September 5, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John J. McAleese, Jr., John H. Widman (argued), McAleese, McGoldrick & Susanin, King of Prussia, PA, for Appellees in Nos. 95-1095 and 95-1138.
Charles W. Bowser (argued), Luther E. Weaver, III, James P. Cousounis, Leslie B. Hope, Bowser, Weaver & Cousounis, Philadelphia, PA, and Joseph A. Dworetzky, City Solicitor, Michael F. Eichert, Karen Singletary, City of Philadelphia, Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia, Elizabeth Reveal and Curtis Jones, Appellants in No. 95-1095.
Robert T. Vance, Jr. (argued), Vance, Jackson, Simpson & Overton, Philadelphia, PA, for United Minority Enterprise Associates, Inc., Appellant in No. 95-1138.
Before: STAPLETON, SAROKIN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
The City of Philadelphia (City) and intervening defendant United Minority Enterprise Associates (UMEA) appeal from the district court's judgment declaring that the City's set-aside program for black construction contractors, Phila. Code § 17-500 et. seq. (Chapter 17-500 or Ordinance), violates the Equal Protection rights of the Contractors Association of Eastern...
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