Johnson v. Rancho Santiago Community College District

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• concluding that defendants waived sovereign immunity defense when they failed to raise it during litigation
• noting that a state interest in “efficient procurement” satisfying market participant exception “does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’ procurement, but rather ‘procurement that serves the state’s purposes’ ”
• holding that the challenged contractual provisions in a project labor agreement were not preempted by the NLRA even though the defendant college district restricted contractors on the project to employing only members of a particular union, effectively offering a license to only one group
• noting that the State could require parties to maximize opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses as consideration for the benefits received from the State
• noting that the State could require parties to maximize opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses as consideration for the benefits received from the State
• finding that 13 the NLRA did not preempt a project labor agreement because the agreement fell within the market 14 participant exception to preemption

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