Builders Association of Greater Chicago v. County of Cook, and Association of Asian Construction Enterprises, Intervening-Defendants-Appellants

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• holding that an ordinance that established minimum levels of minority participation in county construc- tion contracts was not narrowly tailored because it afforded preferences to a “laundry list” of minorities, not all of whom had suffered discrimination
• a “state or local government that has discriminated just against blacks may not by way of remedy discriminate in favor of blacks and Asian-Americans and women” (emphases added)
• a “state or local government that has discriminated just against blacks may not by way of remedy discriminate in favor of blacks and Asian-Americans and women” (emphases added)

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