PAULINE CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

No. 00-0188.

637 N.W.2d 191 (2001)

PAULINE COMPANY, INC., Appellee, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant. Rabbit Corporation, Appellee, v. Iowa Department of Transportation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, David A. Ferree, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Mark Hunacek, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Peter J. Gartelos and Timothy D. Ament of Gartelos, Wagner & Ament, Waterloo, for appellees.


CARTER, Justice.

The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) appeals by permission from the denial of its motion to dismiss two civil rights actions brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 by minority-owned construction companies Pauline Company and Rabbit Corporation. The plaintiffs allege that they were subjected to racial discrimination in the course of performing subcontracts on IDOT projects. IDOT's motions to dismiss asserted that 42 U.S.C. § 1981 may not...

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