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CaseNo: AVS79606, CourtName: US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Plaintiff: ADARAND, State: DC Washington D.C., UniqueCaseRef: LCD>AVS79606, District Court, Dbe Program, Petitioner, Discrimination, Disadvantage, Regulations, Appeals, Congress, Dbe, Adarand, Government, Transportation, United States, Tea-21, Adarand Constructors, Provisions, Racial Discrimination, Construction, Strict Scrutiny, Dot, Colorado, Constitution, Jurisdiction, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, Contracting, Pet, Highway, Federal Appellants, Constitutionality, Recipients, Enterprise, Lacks Standing, Regulatory Provisions, Certificate, Presumption , ContentID: 120249104

Case Documents
1   SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
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21 pages
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2   REPLY BRIEF
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19 pages
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3   OPPOSIITON TO PETITION FOR CERTIORARI
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30 pages
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4   BRIEF OF RESPONDENT
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52 pages
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Total Documents: 4 documents , 122 pages
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1 . SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DISTRICT COURT
REGULATIONS
ADARAND
UNITED STATES
TEA-21
APPEALS
TRANSPORTATION
COLORADO
REMAND
GOALS
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
CONSTITUTIONALITY
FEDERAL APPELLANTS
REGULATORY
SCC
REC
SUPPLEMENT
GOVERNMENT
NARROW TAILORING
RECIPIENTS
DISADVANTAGE
DOT
CONTRACT GOALS
INJUNCTION
GEIER
PETER
SMITH
TRIAL ATTORNEY
REGULATIONS SUPPORT
                                                             CORRECTED COPY

                                    No. 97-1304



                  IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT


                       ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC.,

                                      Plaintiff-Appellee

                                            v.

      RODNEY E. SLATER, Secretary of Transportation, et al.,

                                      Defendants-Appellants


         ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
                    Honorable Judge John L. Kane, Jr.


            THE FEDERAL APPELLANTS' SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF


NANCY E. McFADDEN                                  BILL LANN LEE
 General Counsel                              Acting Assistant Attorney General

PAUL M. GEIER
 Assistant General Counsel                         MARK L. GROSS
  for Litigation                                   LOUIS E. PERAERTZ
                                              Attorneys
EDWARD V. A. KUSSY                  Department of Justice
 Federal Highway                              P.O. Box 66078
  Administration                                     Washington, D.C.  20035-6078
                                     (202) 616-2013
PETER S. SMITH
 Trial Attorney
Department of Transportation
Washington, D.C.  20590





SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
  • ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
  • THE FEDERAL APPELLANTS' SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
  • PAUL M. GEIER
  • PETER S. SMITH
  • Trial Attorney Department of Transportation
  • Remand Is Necessary So That The District
  • Court May Consider The Legislative History
  • Of TEA-21 And The Changes To The Regulatory
  • The New Regulations Support The
  • Constitutionality Of The DBE Program.
  • Narrow Tailoring.
  • Annual Goals Are Tailored To
  • Elimination Of The SCC Program
  • Adarand v. Peņa, 515 U.S. 200.
  • Rec.
  • 1/ The case could also be moot if Adarand seeks DBE certification and is certified by a
  • The federal appellants should be permitted to supplement
  • adjudicated the constitutionality of the DBE program.
  • injunction against the DBE program in future contracting -- the
  • Regulations Support The Constitutionality Of The
  • disadvantage for certain minority groups and women by a vote of 225
  • Moreover, recipients must choose
  • If a recipient determines that contract goals are necessary to
  • that the federal government adequately considered race-neutral

  • 2 . REPLY BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    ADARAND
    UNITED STATES
    DBE PROGRAM
    REGULATIONS
    ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS
    COLORADO
    TRANSPORTATION
    CERTIFICATE
    FEDERAL APPELLANTS
    APPEALS
    TEA-21
    SLATER
    SUPP
    SUPREME COURT
    PEņA
    ISTEA
    FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY FUNDS
    DISADVANTAGE
    CONSTITUTIONALITY
    GOVERNMENT
    PRESUMPTIONS
    RECIPIENTS
    SCC PROGRAM
    CIRCUIT
    RODNEY
    HONORABLE JUDGE JOHN
    PAUL
    GEIER
    COMPLIANCE
    
                                    No. 97-1304
    
    
    
                     IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
    
    
                           ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC.,
    
                                          Plaintiff-Appellee
    
                                             v.
    
          RODNEY E. SLATER, Secretary of Transportation, et al.,
    
                                          Defendants-Appellants
    
    
             ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
                         Honorable Judge John L. Kane, Jr.
    
    
     THE FEDERAL APPELLANTS' REPLY TO APPELLEE'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
    
    
    NANCY E. McFADDEN                               BILL LANN LEE
      General Counsel                          Acting Assistant Attorney General
    
    PAUL M. GEIER
      Assistant General Counsel                     MARK L. GROSS
       for Litigation                               LOUIS E. PERAERTZ
                                               Attorneys
    EDWARD V. A. KUSSY                                Department of Justice
      Deputy Chief Counsel                            P.O. Box 66078
       Federal Highway                                Washington, D.C.  20035-6078
        Administration                                (202) 616-2013
     PETER S. SMITH
      Trial Attorney
    
    Department of Transportation
    Washington, D.C.  20590
    
    
    
    
    
                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
  • FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
  • RODNEY E. SLATER, Secretary of Transportation, et al.,
  • ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
  • Honorable Judge John L. Kane,
  • THE FEDERAL APPELLANTS' REPLY TO APPELLEE'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
  • PAUL M. GEIER
  • Department of Transportation
  • CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
  • Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Owens, No. 97-K-1351 (D.
  • Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peņa, 965 F. Supp.
  • Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater, 120 S. Ct.
  • Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. No. 102-240, 105
  • RULES AND REGULATIONS:
  • both the constitutionality of the new statute reauthorizing the DBE
  • addressing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Pub. L. No. 105-178,
  • that the Supreme Court "directly rejected the possibility that TEA-21 or the regulations
  • legislative history concerning the reenactment of the DBE program
  • That is 4.74 percent of the total available Colorado federal-aid highway funds.
  • The Court of Appeals did not * * * address the question of narrow tailoring in terms of our f the complex regulatory regimes implicated by the use of subcontractor compensation clauses."
  • Under the new regulations, 49 C.F.R. 26.45, recipients are
  • statutory presumptions of social and economic disadvantage were
  • presumptions are per se unlawful is inconsistent with the Supreme
  • narrowly tailored the SCC program.

  • 3 . OPPOSIITON TO PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DISADVANTAGE
    PETITIONER
    APPEALS
    CONGRESS
    DISCRIMINATION
    ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS
    DBE PROGRAM
    GOVERNMENT
    STRICT SCRUTINY
    TRANSPORTATION
    DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
    PET
    HIGHWAY
    REGULATIONS
    RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
    UNITED STATES
    CONTRACTING
    DOT
    PRESUMPTION
    LEGISLATION
    DBE CERTIFICATION
    RECIPIENTS
    CERTIORARI
    PARTICIPATION
    ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE
    ADMINISTRATION
    CONSTITUTIONALITY
    JURISDICTION
    TEA-21
    
                                    No.  00-730
    
    In the Supreme Court of the United States
    
             ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC., PETITIONER
                                        v.
                              RODNEY E. SLATER,
                SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, ET AL.
    
                  ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
                TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
    
    
          BRIEF FOR THE RESPONDENTS IN OPPOSITION
    
    
                                          SETH P. WAXMAN
                                               Solicitor General
                                                 Counsel of Record
                                          BILL LANN LEE
                                               Assistant Attorney General
    R                                     B
         OSALIND A. KNAPP                      ARBARA D. UNDERWOOD
         Acting General Counsel                Deputy Solicitor General
    P                                     M
         AUL M. GEIER                          ARK L. GROSS
         Assistant General Counsel        TERESA KWONG
           for Litigation                      Attorneys
    P                                          Department of Justice
         ETER J. PLOCKI
         Senior Trial Attorney                 Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
                                               (202) 514­2217
    EDWARD V. A. KUSSY
         Acting Chief Counsel
         Federal Highway
           Administration
         Department of
           Transportation
         Washington, D.C.  20590
    
    
    
                     QUESTIONS PRESENTED
      1. Whether the court of appeals misapplied the strict
    scrutiny standard in determining if Congress had a com-
    pelling interest to enact legislation designed to remedy the
    effects of racial discrimination.
      2. Whether the United States Department of Trans-
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC., PETITIONER
  • RODNEY E. SLATER, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, ET AL.
  • ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
  • Whether the court of appeals misapplied the strict scrutiny standard in determining if
  • Whether the United States Department of Transportation's current Disadvantaged Business
  • Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Skinner, 790
  • The opinion of the court of appeals (Pet.
  • JURISDICTION
  • This case involves a set of federal statutes and regulations that constitute the
  • That program provides opportunities for socially and economically disadvantaged business
  • The DOT's current DBE program differs substantially from the program that was in effect when
  • This case arose out of the now-discontinued Subcontractor Compensation Clauses or SCCs
  • And they were to help the DOT meet the goal, set by the STURAA, for DBE participation in
  • Section 8 of the SBA provides a presumption used in making initial social and economic
  • Section 106of the STURAA adopted that presumption for the DOT's DBE program and extends it,
  • In 1998, Congress re-enacted the provision as Section 1101of the Transportation Equity Act
  • For example, the DOT now requires that owners of firms applying for DBE certification,
  • recipients of DOT financial assistance may apply to the DOT for waivers that will release
  • The court of appeals in this case correctly and carefully applied the test of strict scrutiny

  • 4 . BRIEF OF RESPONDENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DBE
    DISCRIMINATION
    PETITIONER
    CONGRESS
    REGULATIONS
    BUSINESS
    PROVISIONS
    APPEALS
    CONSTRUCTION
    DISADVANTAGE
    ADARAND
    GOVERNMENT
    TEA-21
    RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
    CONSTITUTION
    TRANSPORTATION
    JURISDICTION
    ENTERPRISE
    LACKS STANDING
    REGULATORY PROVISIONS
    DOT
    UNITED STATES
    BUSINESSES
    SUBCONTRACTING
    HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
    STRICT SCRUTINY
    DIRECT FEDERAL PROCUREMENT
    SBA
    CONTRACTING
    
                               No. 00-730
    
    In the Supreme Court of the United States
    
          ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC., PETITIONER
                                     v.
              NORMAN Y. MINETA, SECRETARY OF
                        TRANSPORTATION, ET AL.
    
    
                         ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
            TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
    
    
                 BRIEF FOR THE RESPONDENTS
    
    
                                           THEODORE B. OLSON
                                           Solicitor General
                                            Counsel of Record
     ROSALIND A. KNAPP                     RALPH F. BOYD, JR.
     Acting General Counsel                Assistant Attorney General
     PAUL M. GEIER                         PAUL D. CLEMENT
     Assistant General Counsel             Deputy Solicitor General
      for Litigation                       JEFFREY A. LAMKEN
     PETER J. PLOCKI                       Assistant to the Solicitor
     Senior Trial Attorney                  General
     PETER S. SMITH                        MARK L. GROSS
     Trial Attorney                        TERESA KWONG
     EDWARD V.A. KUSSY                     Attorneys
     Acting Chief Counsel                  Department of Justice
     Federal Highway                       Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
       Administration                      (202) 514­2217
     Department of Transportation
     Washington, D.C. 20590
    
    
    
                        QUESTIONS PRESENTED
    
      1. Whether the court of appeals misapplied the strict
    scrutiny standard in determining whether Congress had a
    compelling interest to enact legislation designed to remedy
    the effects of racial discrimination.
      2. Whether the United States Department of Trans-
    portation's current Disadvantaged Business Enterprise pro-
    gram is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling govern-
    mental interest.
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC., PETITIONER
  • ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
  • Department of Transportation
  • Whether the court of appeals misapplied the strict scrutiny standard in determining whether
  • Whether the United States Department of Transportation's current Disadvantaged Business
  • Constitutional provisions, statutes, and regulations involved
  • Petitioner cannot prevail on its facial challenge
  • 19 II. TEA-21 and the Secretary's DBE regulations are
  • Constitution, statutes, and regulations: U.S. Const.: Art.
  • Availability of Credit to Minority-Owned Small Businesses:
  • Minority Construction Contracting: Hearing Before the Subcomm.
  • JURISDICTION
  • Relevant provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Pub. L.
  • This case arises out of Congress's longstanding efforts to distribute federal highway
  • Specifically, this case concerns the constitutionality of Congress's recent reauthorization
  • there has been considerable confusion over precisely which statutory and regulatory
  • 27) that it is not challenging any of the conditions DOT places on aid to States and
  • DOT, however, does not use raceconscious factors in making direct federal procurement
  • The court of appeals held that petitioner lacks standing to challenge the direct federal
  • 113), DOT's DBE program employs the definitions of "social" and "economic" disadvantage
  • The Secretary's regulations make it clear that the DBE program is aimed at everyone,
  • Section 8of the SBA requires businesses seeking federal contracts to adopt, and make a good
  • The Department of Commerce begins by calculating the capacity of SDBs available and qualified
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