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On the Federal Court Ruling in Landscape Consultants of Tex., Inc. v. City of Houston

On July 28, 2026, a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas ruled that the race-based components of the City of Houston's Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise Program, and of the Midtown Management District's Minority, Woman, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Policy, are unconstitutional, and permanently enjoined both entities from continuing to administer those race-conscious provisions.