DeRonde v. Regents of the University of California

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

Were the admissions procedures permitting consideration of “ethnic minority status” as a factor in the 1975 selection *879of the first year class at King Hall, the University of California at Davis School of Law, violative of the equal protection guarantees afforded nonminorities under the federal or state Constitutions? We conclude that they were not.

Plaintiff Glen DeRonde, a white male, was 1 of 2,238 applicants seeking enrollment in King Hall in 1975. On the basis of criteria hereinafter described, 406 applicants were extended offers of admission. In July 1975, DeRonde, an…