Legal Opinion
Alevy v. Downstate Medical Center
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 8, 1976PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGabrielli, J.
Few legal issues have generated more public *328or scholastic controversy, or produced as much passion among its debaters than that raised here. In the celebrated case of De Funis v Odegaard (416 US 312), amici curiae briefs, 26 in number, were submitted by some of the most pre-eminent legal experts, law professors and attorneys in the Nation. As most are aware, however, the Supreme Court did not decide the basic issue and the controversy continues unabated.1 The parties here now raise the issue: Is "reverse” discrimination constitutional?2
Petitioner, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and a magna…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by103 opinions
- People v. DraytonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Board of Education v. NyquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- LP v. Natrona County Department of Public Assistance & Social ServicesWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
- Hernandez v. RoblesNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
- State v. WolowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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