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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at ... - Mintz

On June 23, 2016, in its second time hearing Fisher v. University of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the affirmative action admissions ...

Supreme Court upholds University of Texas affirmative action plan

This is the second time the court heard the case from lead plaintiff Abigail Fisher, a white woman from Texas. In 2012, the justices issued a ...

Affirmative Action Ruling by U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v ...

The high court ruled that the race-conscious admissions program at the time of Abigail Fisher's application to the University of Texas is lawful ...

FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEX. AT AUSTIN | Supreme Court

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, et al. on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit. [June 23, 2016] ...

Looming Supreme Court battle could be a major blow to affirmative ...

The Supreme Court eventually decided 7-1 to send Fisher v. University of Texas back to a lower court to rehear the case with stricter scrutiny.

Looking beyond Fisher v. University of Texas - Higher Ed Dive

In a 4-3 ruling Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the consideration of an applicant's race in college admissions decisions in the case ...

University of Texas's Use of Race In Student Admissions Survives ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided this week that the University of Texas's consideration of race as a factor among ...

PLF statement on Supreme Court's ruling in Fisher v. University of ...

caption id= align=aligncenter width=1126]Supreme Court tells Fifth Circuit to give UT-Austin's policies much more demanding review[/caption] ...

Both sides claim victory in Fisher v. UT - USA Today

Discussing the Fisher decision on Capitol Hill. The Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 7-1 vote that Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a ...

Supreme Court Supports University in Fisher v. University of Texas

Supreme Court Supports University in Fisher v. University of Texas. The majority ruling was written by Justice Kennedy (for Breyer, Ginsburg & ...

TXEXplainer: Five Things To Know About Fisher v. Texas | The Alcalde

In the 1978 Regents of the University of California v. Bakke decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race could be used to create diversity, ...

Justice Kennedy's Surprising Vote and Opinion in Fisher v ...

Hopwood was effectively overruled by the Supreme Court's 2003 Grutter decision and, beginning in 2004, UT promulgated and implemented the race- ...

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Abigail Noel Fisher, Petitioner. v. University of Texas at Austin, et al. Docketed: September 19, 2011. Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth ...

Fisher v. UT case could go back to Supreme Court - Austin - KVUE

The University of Texas had another victory Wednesday when the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to consider its ruling in the ...

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin: History, issues, and ...

Anticipating that the high Court was prepared to outlaw affirmative action, the Circuit Court did it themselves, forbidding the University of ...

Fisher v. University of Texas - Torrey Law Review

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that UT's race-conscious admissions program was constitutional and did not violate the Equal ...

On Race and Education: What Today's Affirmative Action Decision ...

Victor Goode breaks down the Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin—and how it will impact students of color ...

Fisher, the Sequel: Supreme Court Upholds Public University's ...

In a 4–3 ruling, the Court held that the university's program withstood strict scrutiny analysis. The three dissenting justices argued that the university ...

Fisher v University of Texas at Austin (2016)

In Fisher v University of Texas at Austin (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the race-conscious admissions program in use by the ...

Fisher v. University of Texas | Online Resources - SAGE edge

In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed the Fifth Circuit's decision (“Fisher I”). As in Grutter, the Court applied strict scrutiny and, again as in Grutter, ...