Opinion ID: 793365
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Relationship Between the Numerical Goal and the Relevant Labor Market

Text: 42 The district court conducted no meaningful analysis of this factor. Nor could it have. The long-term numerical goal of a race-conscious remedy must be closely tied to the relevant labor market. See Paradise, 480 U.S. at 179, 107 S.Ct. 1053. To weigh this factor, common sense demands we first know the remedy's numerical goal and the relevant labor market. As discussed above, we know neither. 43 Croson mandates the number of minorities in the relevant labor market be determined by the number of minorities qualified to undertake the particular task. Croson, 488 U.S. at 502, 109 S.Ct. 706. As we pointed out first in our compelling interest analysis, and again in the necessity and efficacy portion of our narrow tailoring analysis, the City has not provided us with the demographics of its qualified applicant pool. Therefore, we cannot properly define the relevant labor market. This alone prevents us from reviewing and weighing this factor. Further, as discussed in our duration analysis, the long-term goal of the decree is unclear. Until we know the numerical goal of the decree and the relevant labor market, the relationship between the numerical goal and the relevant labor market remains a genuine issue of material fact to be resolved on remand.