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GA. BRANCH, ETC. v. CITY OF ATLANTA

40937.

253 Ga. 397 (1984)

321 S.E.2d 325

GEORGIA BRANCH, ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, INC. et al. v. CITY OF ATLANTA et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stokes, Shapiro, Fussell & Genberg, J. Ben Shapiro, Jr., Charles V. Choyce, Jr., Smith, Currie & Hancock, Overton A. Currie, Robert B. Ansley, Jr., Philip E. Beck, for appellants.

Marva Jones Brooks, Gary S. Walker, Alford J. Dempsey, Jr., Flora B. Devine, for appellees.

Ben B. Blackburn, G. Stephen Parker, Robert B. Baker, amicus curiae.

GREGORY, Justice.

This case decides the question of the validity of an affirmative action ordinance of the City of Atlanta. The ordinance provides favored treatment for minority and female owned business enterprises in the award of city contracts. Appellants, associations of largely non-minority and nonfemale contractors, filed two separate suits, later combined in the trial court, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief as well as damages, costs and attorney fees...

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