Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Board of Regents of the University of Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 2001No. 00-14340, 00-14382PublishedCited by 414 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we consider a challenge to the University of Georgia’s freshman admissions policy, and specifically that policy’s preferential treatment of non-white applicants. The three Plaintiffs are white females who applied unsuccessfully for admission to the University’s Fall 1999 class. Plaintiffs allege, and Defendants do not dispute, that the University’s admissions policy awarded a fixed numerical bonus to non-white and male applicants that it did not give to white and female applicants. The district court found the policy unlawful and entered summary judgment in…
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