Dawn Slavinski 1/3/05
Constitutional Law Supreme Court Case Write-Up

Case: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1976)

Source: Internet
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=438&invol=265
http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/324/

Issue:

Did the University of California violate the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by practicing an affirmative action policy that resulted in the repeated rejection of Bakke's application for admission to its medical school?

Facts:

Allan Bakke, a thirty-eight year old white engineer, was twice denied admission to the medical school at the University of California at Davis. To ensure minority representation in the student body, the university has set aside sixteen seats for minority applicants (out of one......

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Title: Regents V. Bakke
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