Grutter v. Bollinger

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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. 306
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:date 2003-06-23
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Lee_Bollinger
gptkb:University_of_Michigan_Law_School
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
Anthony Kennedy (in part)
gptkbp:docketNumber 02-241
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Barbara_Grutter_v._Lee_Bollinger,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy The Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit the Law School's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grutter v. Bollinger
gptkbp:impact upheld affirmative action in higher education admissions
gptkbp:legalSystem gptkb:U.S._Constitution,_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
Anthony Kennedy (in part)
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard_(2023)
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Barbara_Grutter
gptkbp:principle compelling state interest
narrow tailoring
strict scrutiny
gptkbp:priorAction gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger,_288_F.3d_732_(6th_Cir._2002)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Gratz_v._Bollinger
gptkbp:subject affirmative action
equal protection
higher education admissions
gptkbp:subsequentHistory Overruled in part by Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4