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Civil Rights

Mar. 28, 2001

Court Takes on Minority Preferences

WASHINGTON - Randy and Valerie Pech, the white owners of Adarand Constructors Inc., a Denver construction firm specializing in highway guardrail work, began their affirmative-action crusade more than a decade ago when they sought a subcontract on a federal highway project in Colorado.

By David F. Pike
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Randy and Valerie Pech, the white owners of Adarand Constructors Inc., a Denver construction firm specializing in highway guardrail work, began their affirmative-action crusade more than a decade ago when they sought a subcontract on a federal highway project ...

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