Women First National Legislative Committee has joined a coalition of organizations working to defend the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program against legal challenge.
Alongside Women First, the coalition includes the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC), Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC), Women Construction Owners & Executives – Illinois Chapter (WCOE Illinois), Atlantic Meridian Contracting Corporation, and Upstate Steel. The group is represented by Democracy Forward, the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund (MBELDEF), and Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP.
These organizations have filed a motion to intervene in Mid-America Milling Co. v. Department of Transportation, asking the court to recognize their stake in the case and allow them to participate in defending a program critical to leveling the playing field for minority- and women-owned businesses in the transportation industry.
More About the Case
Press Releases
- Coalition Intervenes to Defend Federal Program that Seeks to Remedy Discrimination Against Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses (Democracy Forward)
- Minority and Women-Owned Business Groups Oppose Proposed Agreement that Threatens Landmark Remedial Program (Democracy Forward)
Lawsuit Documents
- Complaint
- Full docket
- Motion to intervene
- Intervenors’ opposition to joint motion of entry for consent order