Legal Opinion
Gratz v. Bollinger
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided January 27, 2005No. 97-75231PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUGGAN, District Judge.
On October 14, 1997, Plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit challenging the admissions policy of the University of Michigan’s (“University”) College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (“LSA”). Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
Factual and Procedural Background
Plaintiffs, both of whom are Caucasian, brought this lawsuit alleging that Defendants violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth…
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