not the existence of a contractual relationship. To the contrary, the regulations implementing Title VI, the legislative history, and cases interpreting the term all indicate that market contracts between federal contractors and the government do not constitute such “assistance.” Only if the government intends to provide a subsidy does Title VI apply. See, e.g., 45 C.F.R. § 80.13(f) (2004) (defining “federal financial assistance”); Letter from Robert Kennedy, Attorney General, to Hon. John Sherman Cooper (April 29, 1964), reprinted in 110 Cong. Rec. 10075, 10076 (1964) (“Title VI does not apply to procurement contracts, or to other contracts which do not involve financial assistance by the United States.”); Jacobson v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 742 F.2d 1202, 1209-11 (9th Cir.1984) (<HOLDING>). Because Title VI does not forbid
holding that an entity receives assistance when it receives a subsidy as opposed to compensation holding a state agency as an arm of the state cannot constitute a person under  1983 because it is a sovereign entity holding that an action naming a state entity as a defendant did not constitute an action against the state because the state entity was sued in its capacity as receiver holding that where the issue before the court is legal as opposed to factual an appellate court need not give deference to a trial courts decision holding that rule 6e did not extend the period in which a workers compensation carrier was required to pay a compensation award under the longshore and harbor workers compensation act where the act required payment within ten days of filing of the order as opposed to within ten days of service of notice provided for in the rule