Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Hogness
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 10, 1979No. 45864PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
Frederick N. McDonald, an unsuccessful applicant to the University of Washington (U.W.) School of Medicine, seeks admission to the school and damages. In the trial court he alleged that in denying his application for the 1976 entering (E-76) class the school discriminated against him racially in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title 6 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 2 and 42 U.S.C. 1983. 3 He also asserted that the school’s admission process is arbitrary and capricious as was the treatment of his application. The trial judge dismissed the action after McDonald rested his case. McDonald…
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