Gratz v. Bollinger

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:category United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court
2003 in United States case law
United States affirmative action case law
gptkbp:citation 539 U.S. 244
gptkbp:date June 23, 2003
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Lee_Bollinger
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
Stephen Breyer (in part)
gptkbp:docketNumber 02-516
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jennifer_Gratz,_et_al._v._Lee_Bollinger,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy The University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions policy was unconstitutional because it automatically awarded points to underrepresented minorities.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gratz v. Bollinger
gptkbp:impact Changed how universities use race in admissions decisions
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
Stephen Breyer (in part)
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Jennifer_Gratz
gptkb:Patrick_Hamacher
gptkbp:principle gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkbp:subject affirmative action
equal protection
university admissions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkb:Rehnquist_Court
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5