Case Status

ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC. v. MINETA, SEC. OF TRANSP. (21045)

    Order dated: 03/26/01
    Docket number: 00-730
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC. v. MINETA, SEC. OF TRANSP. (21045)

    Order dated: 04/13/01
    Docket number: 00-730
    Action:
        The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is amended to read as follows: The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following questions: 1. Whether the court of appeals misapplied the strict scrutiny standard in determining if Congress had a compelling interest to enact legislation designed to remedy the effects of racial discrimination. 2. Whether the United States Department of Transportation’s current Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling governmental interest.

ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC. v. MINETA, SEC. OF TRANSP. (21045)

    Order dated: 06/29/01
    Docket number: 00-730
    Action:
        The motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

1. Whether the court of appeals misapplied the strict scrutiny standard in determining if Congress had a compelling interest to enact legislation designed to remedy the effects of racial discrimination. 2. Whether the United States Department of Transportation's current Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling governmental interest.

An opinion has been handed down:

• PerCuriam ()