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1 lip 2013 · Justice Kennedy reaffirmed the principle established in Grutter that the educational benefits of a racially diverse student body could be a compelling interest and that it is appropriate for a court to defer to a university’s judgment that diversity is essential to its educational mission.
Fisher v. University of Texas, 579 U.S. 365 (2016), also known as Fisher II (to distinguish it from the 2013 case), [1] [2] [3] [4] is a United States Supreme Court case which held that the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit correctly found that the University of Texas at Austin's undergraduate admissions policy survived strict scrutiny, in ...
Four Justices would have upheld the university’s plan. 12 Four determined that it violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids racial discrimination in programs that receive federal financial aid. 13 The ninth Justice, Justice Powell, concluded that the Davis program was unconstitutional, but his opinion described how ...
On remand for application of the strict scrutiny standard, the Fifth Circuit again affirmed summary judgment in the University’s favor. The Supreme Court affirmed. The race-conscious admissions program is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause.
Fisher v. University of Texas, 570 U.S. 297 (2013), also known as Fisher I (to distinguish it from the 2016 case), [1] is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. The Supreme Court voided the lower appellate court's ruling in favor of the university and remanded ...
5 kwi 2017 · Significance: University of Texas built upon precedent set out in Grutter. It permitted the use of race in the admission process as a factor for consideration, however, race cannot be the sole factor and the discrimination is subject to the level of strict scrutiny.
1 maj 2015 · Most laypersons think of discrimination as an act motivated by prejudice against a minority group. The law, in most cases, prohibits as discriminatory a much broader category of actions. It also encourages or demands affirmative action.
