Gratz v. Bollinger

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Gratz v. Bollinger is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the University of Michigan’s undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause by awarding automatic points based on race.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
affirmative action case ⓘ
equal protection case ⓘ
appliedStandardOfReview strict scrutiny ⓘ
arguedDate 2003-04-01 ⓘ
2003-04-02 ⓘ
citation 539 U.S. 244 ⓘ
comparedWith Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ
concerns University of Michigan undergraduate admissions policy ⓘ
affirmative action in higher education ⓘ
concurringInJudgmentJustice Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2003-06-23 ⓘ
dissentingJustice David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ
docketNumber 02-516 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United States Supreme Court ⓘ
holding University of Michigan’s undergraduate admissions policy violated the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
automatic distribution of points to underrepresented minorities in admissions is unconstitutional ⓘ
the admissions policy was not narrowly tailored to achieve diversity ⓘ
joinedMajorityJustice Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
languageOfProceeding English ⓘ
legalIssue Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
use of race in undergraduate admissions ⓘ
locationOfInstitution Ann Arbor, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Ann Arbor
majorityOpinionBy William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
majorityVote 6–3 ⓘ
originatingCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
petitioner Jennifer Gratz ⓘ
Patrick Hamacher ⓘ
policyFeatureChallenged automatic 20-point bonus for underrepresented minority applicants ⓘ
programTypeChallenged undergraduate admissions point system ⓘ
relatedCase Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ
respondent Lee C. Bollinger ⓘ
linked to: Lee Bollinger

University of Michigan ⓘ
resultForPolicy University of Michigan undergraduate admissions policy struck down ⓘ
subjectMatter racial classifications in education ⓘ
yearArgued 2003 ⓘ

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Fisher I → relatedCase → Gratz v. Bollinger ⓘ
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (dissent on affirmative action) → relatedToCase → Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003) ⓘ
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Patrick Hamacher → notableFor → Gratz v. Bollinger ⓘ
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linked to: Gratz v. Bollinger