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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED165623 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke,
No.
76-811, in the Supreme Court of the United States. (Special
College Admissions Procedures for Disadvantaged
Applicants).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 160 p.
ABSTRACT: The Regents of the University of California v.
Bakke case in the U.S. Supreme Court and background
information on the previous cases in California are
presented. Allan Bakke is a white male who applied to the
Davis medical school in both 1973 and 1974 and was refused
admission even though admission slots under the college's
special admissions program were unfilled and he was highly
qualified. The state trial court found the program
operating
as a racial quota and ruled that the college could not take
race into account in admissions decisions; however, Bakke's
admission was not ordered. The Supreme Court of California
affirmed the trial court's decision and further ordered
Bakke's admission. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the
California court order admitting Bakke and invalidating the
college's special admissions program but reversed the
decision prohibiting the college from taking race into
account in future admission decisions. Separate opinions
are
presented concurring in part and dissenting in part with
the
judgment. Justice Stevens, the Chief Justice, Justice
Stewart, and Justice Rehnquist concurred with the order to
admit Bakke but viewed the question of whether race can be
a
factor in an admissions policy as not at issue. Justices
Brennan, White, Marshall, and Blackmun concluded that race
can be used as a factor in university admissions decisions.
Justice Powell concluded that Bakke should be admitted and
that some uses of race in university admissions are
permissible. Separate opinions are also presented for
Justice White, Justice Marshall, and Justice Blackmun. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Civil-Rights; College-Admission; Equal
Education; Higher-Education; Minority-Groups; Quotas-; Race
; Racial-Integration
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Admission-Criteria; *Affirmative-Action;
*Medical-Schools; *Reverse-Discrimination; *Selective
Admission; *Supreme-Court-Litigation
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