explaining denial of petition for writ of certiorari by noting that petitioner did not challenge lower court’s judgment that university admis sions procedure was unconstitutional; petition challenged only rationale relied on by court of appeals
How later courts described this case
- explaining denial of petition for writ of certiorari by noting that petitioner did not challenge lower court’s judgment that university admis sions procedure was unconstitutional; petition challenged only rationale relied on by court of appeals
- holding that “consideration of race or ethnicity by the [University of Texas] law school for the purposes of achieving a diverse student body is not a compelling interest under the Fourteenth Amendment.”
- finding that the state’s interest in diversity at a law school was not compelling and declaring that school’s admissions policy, which employed racial classifications, unconstitutional
- rejecting admittance procedures which purposefully admitted black and Hispanic students with lower entrance examination scores and grade point averages
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The opinion
This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.