Legal Opinion
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 2013No. 11-345PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
The University of Texas at Austin considers race as one of various factors in its undergraduate admissions process. Race is not itself assigned a numerical value for each applicant, but the University has committed itself to increasing racial minority enrollment on campus. It refers to this goal as a "critical mass." Petitioner, who is Caucasian, sued the University after her application was rejected. She contends that the University's use of race in the admissions process violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The parties asked the Court to review whether the…
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