The Supreme Court halted the general use of quotas in the granting of federal contracts in the 1995 case of

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In Adarand v. Pena, the Supreme Court ruled that programs that use race as a factor in awarding federal contracts must meet strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. This decision effectively halted the use of quotas in the granting of federal contracts. Option B) Fullilove v. Klutznick is not the correct choice because it upheld the constitutionality of a federal affirmative action program that set aside ten percent of public works funds for minority-owned businesses. Option C) Craig v. Boren is not relevant to the issue of quotas in federal contracting as it dealt with the issue of gender discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause. Option D) Rostker v. Goldberg dealt with the constitutionality of requiring only men to register for the draft and is not relevant to quotas in federal contracting. Option E) United States v. Virginia dealt with the constitutionality of the Virginia Military Institute's male-only admission policy and is also not relevant to quotas in federal contracting.

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