Legal Opinion
Hopwood v. State of Tex.
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided March 20, 1998No. A 92 CA 563 SSPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SPARKS, District Judge.
This is the continuing case of four white students who contend they were denied admission to the University of Texas School of Law in 1992 as a result of procedures granting preferences in admission to black and Mexican-American applicants.
I
On September 29,1992, the plaintiffs Cheryl J. Hopwood, Douglas W. Carvell, Kenneth R. Elliot, and David A. Rogers filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 (West 1994) and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d (West 1994) (“Title VI”), 1 against the defendants the State of Texas, the…
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