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HAMILTON, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Midwest Fence Corporation challenges federal and state programs that offer advantages in highway construction contracting to disadvantaged business enterprises, known as DBEs. For purposes of federally funded highway construction, DBEs are small businesses that are owned and managed by “individuals who are both socially and economically disadvan

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 15-1827 MIDWEST FENCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United S

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Harry D. Leinenweber, Judge, United States District Court Before the Court is a constitutional challenge to federal and state programs designed to benefit disadvantaged business entities (“DBEs”) in the highway construction industry. Plaintiff Midwest Fence (hereinafter, “Plaintiff’ or “Midwest”), a non-DBE fencing and guardrail contractor that is owned and controlled

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CITY OF PORTLAND, No. 18-72689 Petitioner, FCC No. v. 18-111 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Respondents, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; CITY OF ARCADIA; CITY OF BELLEVUE; CITY OF BROOKHAVEN; CITY OF BURIEN; CITY OF BURLINGAME; CITY OF