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Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville Case Brief
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Case Brief Summary & Legal Analysis
tl;dr: A contractors’ association challenged a city’s racial set-aside program. The Supreme Court held the association had standing because the injury is the inability to compete on an equal footing, not the proven loss of a specific contract.
Legal Significance: Establishes that for standing in equal protection cases, the “injury in fact” is the imposition of a discriminatory barrier itself, not the plaintiff’s ultimate failure to obtain the benefit.
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Case Facts & Court Holding
Key Facts & Case Background
The City of Jacksonville enacted an ordinance requiring that 10% of the amount spent on city contracts be set aside for Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs). The Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), an association whose members were mostly non-MBEs, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. AGC alleged the ordinance violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In its complaint, AGC asserted that its members regularly bid on city construction contracts and would have bid on the contracts designated as set-asides but for the ordinance’s restrictions. The Court of Appeals held that AGC lacked standing because it had not demonstrated that, but for the program, any of its members would have successfully bid for a contract. After the Supreme Court granted certiorari, Jacksonville repealed the ordinance and replaced it with a new program creating “participation goals” for certain minority- and women-owned businesses, prompting a motion to dismiss for mootness.
Court Holding & Legal Precedent
Issue: To establish standing to challenge a government set-aside program on equal protection grounds, must a plaintiff demonstrate that it would have been awarded a contract in the absence of the challenged program?
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Legal Issue
To establish standing to challenge a government set-aside program on equal protection grounds, must a plaintiff demonstrate that it would have been awarded a contract in the absence of the challenged program?
Conclusion
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Legal Rule
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Legal Analysis
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- To have standing to challenge a government set-aside program, a plaintiff