Word: hauk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last week, when it dealt with a suit brought by California contractors seeking to overturn a requirement of the federal Public Works Employment Act of 1977 that 10% of federal public works grants go to minority contractors. The court returned the case to Los Angeles District Judge A. Andrew Hauk -who had declared the minority contractor set-aside unconstitutional-but it made no ruling on the merits of the case. It suggested only that the California suit may be moot; since all federal contracts for the 65 Los Angeles-area public works projects have already been awarded, there...
...building contractors have sued to overturn a requirement of the Public Works Employment Act of 1977 that 10% of the federal grants go to minority businesses. A U.S. district court ruled that the provision was a violation of both the 14th Amendment and Title VI. Wrote Judge A. Andrew Hauk: "Affirmative action and goals are permissible; race quotas are not. It is as simple as that." Suits have also been brought challenging the federal program that establishes goals for employment of minorities by federal contractors. In the case of Weber vs. Kaiser Aluminum, an applicant sued Kaiser and his union...
...KPFK General Manager Will Lewis, 42, refused, arguing that a broadcast station has no obligation to be "an agent of law enforcement." Haled before a federal grand jury looking into the S.L.A. and other underground groups, Lewis was granted immunity from prosecution by U.S. District Judge A. Andrew Hauk and told that he must answer all questions and provide the tape and memo or be cited for contempt...