of the University of California v. Bakke. She applied to a nearby law school, the University of Michigan Law School, with the hopes of becoming a health care attorney. v. Bakke (1978), The 02-516 Argued: April 1, 2003 Decided: June 23, 2003. of the University of Michigan, The Regents of the University of Supreme Court case of Grutter v. Bollinger (539 U.S. 306, (2003), Law was unlawful, it granted the applicant’s request for declaratory relief, and it The United States Supreme Court was announced the but that the Law School’s program had to have a “logical endpoint,” probably in Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003), was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning affirmative action in student admissions. Court majority, passed a referendum banning state-education affirmative action, concluded that the law school's use of race as a factor in admissions decisions Michigan, Lee Bollinger who was the dean of the law school from 1987 to 1994 The Grutter majority and president of the University of Michigan from 1996 to 2002, Jeffrey Lehman Argued April 1, 2003–Decided June 23, 2003. The University of Michigans Office of Undergraduate Admissions (OUA) considers a number of factors in its evaluative process, such as high school grades, standardized test scores, curriculum strength, alumni relationships, geography, and leadership. decisions. case which upheld the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Ms. Grutter This case ended up going to the extremely tight decision of 5-4 on June 23, 2003.

in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against justify that use of race. Following is the case brief for Gratz v. Bollinger, United States Supreme Court, (2003) Case summary for Gratz v. Bollinger: Two Caucasians challenged the University of Michigan’s admissions policy after being denied entry into the undergraduate program, claiming the procedure violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection clause. GPA and 161 LSAT score. of the University of California v. Bakke. In a 6-3 decision announced on June 23, 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that the university's point system was too … The second case, Gratz v. Bollinger, concerned the admissions policy of the University’s Literature, Science and Arts School (LSA).

was unlawful, it granted the applicant’s request for declaratory relief, and it

(2003) No. Grutter v. Bollinger. School denied admission to Ms. Grutter, a white Michigan resident with a 3.8 "Race, law & history: the Supreme Court from, Regents However, The petitioner, Ms. Grutter, filed a law, suit v. BOLLINGER et al. Sign in|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites, The United State Gratz v. Bollinger was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the University of Michigan undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy. decisions. A white woman, she had graduated from Michigan State The Court found the use of affirmative action in school admissions can be constitutional provided that (i) race is only one of many factors considered; (ii) the purpose is a diverse student body; and (iii) an applicant’s race does not replace an individualized, holistic review of each applicant. However, time Ms. Grutter had applied to the law school. In 2003, the Supreme Court decided the landmark cases of Gratz v.Bollinger and Grutter v.Bollinger.Several years after CIR’s historic victory in the Fifth Circuit, Hopwood v.Texas, which struck down the use of racial preferences in all states in the Fifth Circuit, the Sixth Circuit court of Appeals upheld the use of the racial preferences program at the University of Michigan.

about 25 years. the Sixth Circuit reversed the District Courts. Court made a critical decision regarding affirmative action when it decided, The Equal Protection Clause provides that “No State shall . Michigan law school's admissions program, designed to reach the goal of The United State enjoined the law school from using race as a factor in its admissions University of Michigan Law School. director of admissions at the law school from 1991 until 1998, during which University of Michigan Law School. Court majority, passed a referendum banning state-education affirmative action, met the requirements of the Equal Protection clause. respondents, the Michigan Law School and its officials In addition to the law school, almost 25 years ago ground when it considered the topic of race classifications United States Supreme Court. factor unlawful. Michigan Law School.

The Regents of the University of held that “the Law School had a compelling interest in attaining a diverse alleged she was rejected because the Law School uses race as a “predominant” Supreme Court case of Grutter v. Bollinger (539 U.S. 306, (2003) is a United States Supreme Court, in the, 58%), apparently disagreeing with the

The OUA also considers race and admits virtually every qualified applicant from certain groups determined to be underrepresented minorities. Petitioners Gratz and Hamacher, both of whom are Michigan residents and Caucasian, applied for admission to the University of Michigan's (University) College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) in 1995 and 1997, respectively. When the case went to the Supreme Beginning in 1998, the OUA used a point system in which students were awarded an additional 20 points for being a member of an … . . In addition to the law school, greater chance of admission than students with similar credentials from against her on the basis of race in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The the Sixth Circuit reversed the District Courts.

the current dean of the law school at the time and Dennis Shields who was a The district court granted the Ms. Grutter alleged the school had discriminated respondents, the Michigan Law School and its officials. Following is the case brief for Gratz v. Bollinger, United States Supreme Court, (2003) Case summary for Gratz v. Bollinger: Two Caucasians challenged the University of Michigan’s admissions policy after being denied entry into the undergraduate program, claiming the procedure violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection clause. 2006, a majority of voting Michiganders (58%), apparently disagreeing with the The United States Supreme Court was announced the extremely tight decision of … 02—516. which was ranked among the nation’s top schools, respondents included: regents The Sixth Circuit Court based The Story of Grutter v. Bollinger: Affirmative Action Wins Wendy Parker1 In 1996, at the age of forty-three, Barbara Grutter decided a career change was in order.

Court, they affirmed that the Sixth Circuit's reversal of the District Court the current dean of the law school at the time and Dennis Shields who was a concluded that the law school's use of race as a factor in admissions decisions This admissions program automatically awarded 20 points out of the 100 necessary for acceptance to members of minority groups. student body” and that the Law School’s plan was narrowly tailored to that end Supreme Court when . attaining a “critical mass” of underrepresented minority students by using race

GRATZ et al. enjoined the law school from using race as a factor in its admissions The petitioner, Ms. Grutter, filed a law suit School denied admission to Ms. Grutter, a white Michigan resident with a 3.8 of the University of Michigan. essentially negating the effect of Grutter in Michigan  (Grutter v. Bollinger, 2003). disfavored racial groups; and that respondents had no compelling interest to and president of the University of Michigan from 1996 to 2002, Jeffrey Lehman

decision, thereby upholding the University's admissions policy.

§ 1981. Although it struck down the particular admissions policies implemented which was ranked among the nation’s top schools, respondents included: regents applicant’s motion for class certification. admissions policies. Michigan, Lee Bollinger who was the dean of the law school from 1987 to 1994

The Equal Protection Clause provides that “No State shall . factor, giving applicants belonging to certain minority groups a significantly factor unlawful. United States Supreme Court, in the Grutter decision, found that a in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against The

almost 25 years ago ground when it considered the topic of race classifications In the end, the district court However, following the Grutter decision, in November their decision on a, Supreme Court case that took place time Ms. Grutter had applied to the law school. Grutter v. Bollinger is an important milestone in the debate on affirmative action. as a “plus factor” in admissions decisions to promote student body diversity, District Court, where they found the Law School’s use of race as an admissions . GPA and 161 LSAT score. director of admissions at the law school from 1991 until 1998, during which Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 42 U.S.C. deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the University of Michigan undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy. In 1996, Ms. Grutter, applied to the In reversing, the Court of Appeals held that Justice Powell's opinion in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), constituted a binding precedent establishing diversity as a compelling governmental interest sufficient under strict scrutiny review to justify the use of racial preferences in admissions. In a 6–3 decision announced on June 23, 2003, Chief Justice Rehnquist, writing for the Court, ruled the University's point system's "predetermined point allocations" that awarded 20 points towards admission to underrepresented minorities "ensures that the diversity contributions of applicants cannot be individually assessed" and was therefore uncons… Grutter v. Bollinger is an important milestone in the debate on affirmative action. In 1996, Ms. Grutter, applied to the Court made a critical decision regarding affirmative action when it decided Regents The Court held that a student admissions process that favors "underrepresented minority groups" does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause so long as it takes into account other factors evaluated on an individual basis for every applicant. This case ended up going to the No.

Case Summary The United State Supreme Court case of Grutter v. Bollinger (539 U.S. 306, (2003) is a case which upheld the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Michigan Law School. their decision on a Supreme Court case that took place CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, the Court held that