Federation Of African American Contractors v. City Of Oakland

96 F.3d 1204 65 USLW 2194 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6994 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11 ,482 FEDERATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRACTORS; Rondeau Bay Construction Company; Crowell & Sons Plastering Company; Comack Plumbing Company, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF OAKLAND, Defendant, and Alameda County; Mary King; Don Perata; Gail Steele; Warren Widener; Edward Campbell, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-16947. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 12, 1996. Decided Sept. 19, 1996. Eric Vickers, Vickers & Associates, St. Louis, MO, for plaintiffs-appellants. Henry S. Hewitt, Erickson, Beasley, Hewitt & Wilson, Oakland, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Eugene F. Lynch, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-93-00313-EFL. Before: CHOY, BEEZER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge HAWKINS; Concurrence by Judge BEEZER. MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal presents an issue of first impression: whether the Civil Rights Act of 1991 amended 42 U.S.C. § 1981 to statutorily overrule Jett v. Dallas Indep. Sch. Dist., 491 U.S. 701 ,…