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GREATER HOUSTON SMALL TAXICAB CO. v. HOUSTON, TEX.

No. 10-20381.

660 F.3d 235 (2011)

GREATER HOUSTON SMALL TAXICAB COMPANY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Jonathan Siegel (argued), Law Office of Martin J. Siegel, P.C., Daniel J. Goldberg, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary H. Burke, Sr. Asst. City Atty. (argued), Judith Lee Ramsey, Sr. Atty. (argued), City of Houston Legal Dept., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Timothy Mason Sandefur , Pacific Legal Found., Sacramento, CA, for Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

The Greater Houston Small Taxicab Company Owners Association, a group representing taxicab companies that hold only one to three permits for cabs, asserts that the City of Houston's plan to distribute new taxicab permits violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment to the City. We AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Ordinance at Issue

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