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City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the minority set-aside program of Richmond, Virginia, which gave preference to minority business enterprises (MBE) in the awarding of municipal contracts, was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.
City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. 488 U.S. 469 (1989) Affirmative action, constitutionality of minority business set-aside programs for municipal contracts Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc. 489 U.S. 141 (1989) state anti-plug molding law struck down under preemption doctrine for interfering with federal patent law: DeShaney v.
In United States law, City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989) established the basic principle that a governmental actor must provide a strong basis in evidence for its conclusion that remedial action is necessary. The application of this rule has produced conflicting results. [1]
This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 488 of the United States Reports ... Croson Co. 488 U.S. 469: 1989: United States v. Broce ...
Transportation Agency, 480 U.S. 616 (1987), is the only United States Supreme Court case to address a sex-based affirmative action plan in the employment context. The case was brought by Paul Johnson, a male Santa Clara County Transportation Agency employee, who was passed over for a promotion in favor of Diane Joyce, a female employee who ...
The final Supreme Court cases discussed by Heins include the 1987 ruling in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. and the court's 1988 opinion in Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust. The former was ruled unconstitutional as an affirmative-action structure in a business to support female employees, a decision with which Heins disagreed. Watson v.
He also was the lead prosecutor in the case concerning the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia. [167] While in Richmond, Comey was an adjunct professor of law at the University of Richmond School of Law. [168] 1997 Project Exile begins. Ukrop's Food Group launches First Market Bank (now Atlantic Union Bank) with branches inside its ...
These are American cases that involve the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth ... City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. Civil Rights Cases; Coalition for TJ v. ...