Legal Opinion
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 1978No. 76-811PublishedCited by 1,614 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Powell
This case presents a challenge to the special admissions program of the petitioner, the Medical School of the University of California at Davis, which is designed to assure the admis*270sion of a specified number of students from certain minority groups. The Superior Court of California sustained respondent’s challenge, holding that petitioner’s program violated the California Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U. S. C. § 200Ód et seq., and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court enjoined petitioner from considering respondent’s race or the race…
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