U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 7, 2002
Colleges Shouldn't Consider Race in Admission Decisions
Recently, the court in Grutter v. Bollinger upheld the University of Michigan Law School admissions policy which permits consideration of race.
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Recently, the court in Grutter v. Bollinger, 288 F.3d 732 (6th Cir. 2002), upheld the University of Michigan Law School admissions policy which permits consideration of race. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled similarly in Smith v. University of Washington 233 F.3d 1188 (9th Cir. 2001). These decisions conflict with the decisions in Hopwood v. Texas, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996), and Johnson v. Bd. of Regents, 263 F.3d 1234 (11th Cir. 2001), whi...
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