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Rothe Development, Inc. v. DOD, et al

  1. November 09, 2016

    SBA Disadvantaged Biz Program Should Stand, DC Circ. Told

    The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Small Business Administration on Tuesday asked the D.C. Circuit not to revisit its decision upholding an SBA program for disadvantaged small businesses, arguing that a contractor's challenge to the ruling incorrectly asserts that it conflicts with other appellate court decisions. 

  2. October 20, 2016

    DC Circ. Ignored Racial Preferences In SBA, Contractor Says

    A D.C. Circuit panel's decision upholding a Small Business Administration program that grants contracts to disadvantaged businesses conflicts with prior circuit precedent and ignores mandatory racial preferences in the Small Business Act, a contractor claimed Wednesday in a request for en banc review.

  3. September 09, 2016

    DC Circ. Boots Challenge To SBA Disadvantaged Biz Program

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected an information technology contractor's challenge to the law underpinning the U.S. Small Business Administration's 8(a) program for disadvantaged small businesses, ruling the program was not unconstitutionally based on race.

  4. March 10, 2016

    Contractor Urges DC Circ. To Toss SBA's Minority Biz Program

    An information technology contractor called on a D.C. Circuit panel to invalidate the law behind the Small Business Administration's programs for disadvantaged businesses Thursday, arguing that the program creates unconstitutional race-based determinations without evidence of discrimination in federal contracting.

  5. February 05, 2016

    Minority Biz Program Lacks Goals, Metrics, DC Circ. Hears

    An information technology government contractor continued Thursday to push the D.C. Circuit to find that a federal government program giving preference in contract awards to minority-owned small businesses is unconstitutional, saying the program cites no data and has unclear goals.

  6. January 29, 2016

    Minority Groups Urge DC Circ. To Uphold Contract Program

    More than a dozen organizations representing Native Americans, African-Americans and Asian Americans filed amicus curiae briefs Thursday urging the D.C. Circuit to uphold the constitutionality of a federal program that helps minority-owned businesses win government contracts. 

  7. January 25, 2016

    Gov't Defends Minority Contractor Program At DC Circ.

    The government has urged the D.C. Circuit to not resurrect a lawsuit challenging a program that gives a boost to minority businesses seeking federal contracts, saying the program helps level the playing field for historically disadvantaged companies and does not overly restrict competitors' award opportunities.

  8. October 28, 2015

    Conservative Groups Try To Revive Minority Contracts Suit

    Several conservative and libertarian-leaning groups asked the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday to revive a case challenging federal minority contractor programs, saying the lower court considered flawed disparity studies and applied too lenient a legal test of the programs.

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