Hopwood v. Texas

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:citation 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date March 18, 1996
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:University_of_Texas_School_of_Law
gptkbp:fullName Cheryl J. Hopwood, et al. v. State of Texas, et al.
gptkbp:heldBy Race cannot be used as a factor in admissions decisions by the University of Texas Law School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hopwood v. Texas
gptkbp:judge gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Fifth_Circuit
gptkbp:legalImpact Temporarily ended affirmative action in admissions in the Fifth Circuit
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkbp:plaintiff Cheryl J. Hopwood
gptkbp:predecessor affirmative action cases in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi until 2003
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke
gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkbp:subject affirmative action
university admissions
gptkbp:yearFiled 1992
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hopwood
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7