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I’ve been practicing law for over 20 years, and I must concede that I did not know this.
Here’s how it works.
Let’s say two companies bid for a public contract. One is minority-owned; the other is not.
The minority-owned company submits the lowest bid by a million dollars. However, the consulting company that vets the bidders recommends that the municipality accept the higher bid from the white-owned business, which it does.
So, minority-owned company sues for race discrimination, citing Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, a federal law that makes it unlawful to discriminate on
