Grutter v. Bollinger

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Grutter v. Bollinger is a landmark 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the limited use of race as one factor in holistic law school admissions to promote educational diversity.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark affirmative action case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
arguedDate 2003-04-01 ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
citation 539 U.S. 306 ⓘ
concurrenceInPartAndDissentInPartBy Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2003-06-23 ⓘ
dissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 02-241 ⓘ
followedPrecedent Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ
fullName Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ
holding The Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit the narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body. ⓘ
The University of Michigan Law School’s narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions is constitutional. ⓘ
impact upheld race-conscious admissions policies in higher education for diversity purposes ⓘ
joinedMajorityBy David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
laterOverruledInPartBy Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ⓘ
Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina ⓘ
legalIssue Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
affirmative action in higher education admissions ⓘ
locationOfOriginatingInstitution Ann Arbor, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Ann Arbor
majorityOpinionBy Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
overruledPrecedent none ⓘ
petitioner Barbara Grutter ⓘ
policyFeature consideration of race as one factor among many in admissions ⓘ
individualized, holistic review of applicants ⓘ
programType holistic law school admissions policy ⓘ
rearguedWith Gratz v. Bollinger ⓘ
recognizedInterest educational diversity as a compelling state interest ⓘ
rejectedPractice racial quotas ⓘ
relatedCase Gratz v. Bollinger ⓘ
respondent Lee Bollinger ⓘ
University of Michigan Law School ⓘ
standardApplied strict scrutiny ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
subsequentLimitationBy Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
yearDecided 2003 ⓘ

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