SHERBROOKE TURF v. MINNESOTA DEPT OF TRANSP

Nos. 02-1665, 02-3016.

345 F.3d 964 (2003)

SHERBROOKE TURF, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, et al., Intervenor Defendant Appellees. Gross Seed Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nebraska Department of Roads, et al., Defendants-Appellees, United States Department of Transportation, et al., Intervenor Defendant Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants was Thomas R. Olson of St. Paul, Minnesota. Also appearing on the briefs was Kimberly Asher Price, and Kristine A. Kubes.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellees FHA, U.S. DOT and USA in 02-1665, and appellees Federal Highway and U.S. Department of Transportation in 02-3016 was Matt Michael Dummermuth of Washington, D.C. Also appearing on the briefs were Kirk Van Tine, Paul M. Geier, James A. Rowland, Edward V.A. Kussy, Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Mark L. Gross, and Teresa Kwong. Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellees Minnesota Department of Transportation, Tinklenberg, and Molnau in 02-1665 was Jeffery Scott Thompson of St. Paul, Minnesota. Also appearing on the brief was Mike Hatch. Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellees Craig and Nebraska Department of Roads in 02-3016 was Stephen D. Mossman of Lincoln, Nebraska. Also appearing on the brief were J.L. Spray and Jeffery T. Schroder.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, FAGG and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Since 1982, the federal highway statutes have required that ten percent of federal highway construction funds be paid to small businesses owned and controlled by "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals," as that term is defined in § 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. § 637). See Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, Pub.L. No. 97-424, § 105(f), 96 Stat.2097, 2100. Two non-minority contractors filed...

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