City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 was a Supreme Court case that held that the city of Richmond's minority set-aside program, which gave preference to minority business enterprises in the awarding of municipal contracts, was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.

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The Supreme Court in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. ruled that Richmond's minority set-aside program, which required prime contractors to subcontract at least 30% of the dollar amount of the contract to minority businesses, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it lacked a compelling interest and was not narrowly tailored to remedy the effects of past discrimination.

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