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NORTHERN CONTRACTING, INC. v. ILLINOIS

No. 05-3981.

473 F.3d 715 (2007)

NORTHERN CONTRACTING, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of ILLINOIS, Illinois Department of Transportation, Kirk Brown, in his capacity as the Illinois Secretary of Transportation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Olson (argued), Thomas R. Olson & Associates, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Erik G. Light (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Kevin J. Burke, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, PHB, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Charles E. Leggott, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendant, U.S. Dept. of Transp.

Before COFFEY, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is whether the Illinois Department of Transportation violated the United States Constitution in administering a program designed to increase the participation of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in Illinois highway construction subcontracting. After a trial, the district court concluded that the plaintiff had failed to prove a constitutional violation....

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