Legal Opinion
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 18, 2011No. 09-50822PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
We consider a challenge to the use of race in undergraduate admissions at the University of Texas at Austin. While the University has confined its explicit use of race to the elements of a program approved by the Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger,1 UT’s program acts upon a university applicant pool shaped by a legislatively-mandated parallel diversity initiative that guarantees admission to Texas students in the top ten percent of their high school class. The ever-increasing number *217of minorities gaining admission under this Top Ten Percent Law casts…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ricci v. DeStefanoSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Fisher v. University of Texas at AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- United States v. Robert ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
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- Fisher v. University of Texas at AustinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Fisher v. University of Texas at AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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