Citing the "substantial likelihood" that Odebrecht Construction Inc. would prevail in its court action against the state of Florida's new law barring the awarding of contracts to firms with business ties to Cuba, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore on June 25 issued a preliminary injunction preventing the measure from going into effect on July 1.
In the latest development in the case of Odebrecht Construction Inc. v. Ananth Prasad, Judge Moore ruled that the Coral Gables, Fla.-based firm “demonstrated a substantial likelihood” of succeeding with its argument that the new Florida law conflicts with federal law and thereby violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.