Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College is a landmark 2023 U.S. Supreme Court case that sharply limited the use of race-conscious admissions policies in higher education, effectively ending affirmative action programs at colleges and universities nationwide.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
affirmative action case ⓘ
landmark civil rights case ⓘ
alsoDecidedWith Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina ⓘ
appealsCourt United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
citation 600 U.S. ___ (2023) ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2023-06-29 ⓘ
dissentingJustices Elena Kagan ⓘ
Ketanji Brown Jackson ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
docketNumber 20-1199 ⓘ
fullName Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ⓘ
holding Colleges and universities may not use race as a factor in admissions in the manner previously permitted under Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ
Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as applied through Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
impact effectively ended race-conscious affirmative action programs at most U.S. colleges and universities ⓘ
required institutions receiving federal funds to adopt race-neutral admissions policies ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of race-conscious college admissions ⓘ
use of race as a factor in higher-education admissions ⓘ
limitedPrecedent Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ
locationOfRespondent Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
majorityJustices Amy Coney Barrett ⓘ
Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
majorityOpinionBy John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.
originatingCourt United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
overruledPrecedent Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ
partyTypePetitioner nonprofit organization ⓘ
partyTypeRespondent private university ⓘ
petitioner Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. ⓘ
respondent President and Fellows of Harvard College ⓘ
linked to: Harvard Corporation
separateOpinionBy Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ
shortName SFFA v. Harvard ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
subjectMatter civil rights law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
term October Term 2022 ⓘ
topic affirmative action in higher education ⓘ
college and university admissions ⓘ
yearDecided 2023 ⓘ

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Grutter v. Bollinger → laterOverruledInPartBy → Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina ⓘ
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Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College → fullName → Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ⓘ
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Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College → shortName → SFFA v. Harvard ⓘ
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Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College → petitioner → Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. ⓘ
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Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College → alsoDecidedWith → Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina ⓘ
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Edward Blum → founded → Students for Fair Admissions ⓘ
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