Justice Lewis Powell's ruling in the 1978 case Regents v. Bakke buoyed affirmative action—but in the process, it transformed how colleges think about race and equality in admissions. Supreme Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) Case Summary of Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke: A white medical school applicant was twice rejected from the Univ. of California Medical School, though he had better scores than minority candidates who were accepted. Following a lawsuit, the state court found that the school's affirmative action program In both years Bakke's application was considered under the general admissions program, and he received an interview. Despite a benchmark score of 468 out of 500 in 1973, Bakke was rejected. His application had come late in the year, and no applicants in the general admissions process with scores below 470 were accepted after Bakke's UC-Davis's Reply to Bakke's Query on Age, 1972; Oral Arguments, 1978; Justice Thurgood Marshall's Memo, 1978; Regents of the University of California v. Bakke was a case brought to the Supreme Court over the use of Affirmative Action in the college admission process. The University of California at Davis Medical School created a This legacy has roots in the case itself. Allan Bakke understood his lawsuit as a challenge to reverse discrimination, and despite the University's efforts to invoke institutional autonomy as a defense 1 Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978). 2 See, e.g., Adarand Constructors v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200 (1995); Richmond v. J.A. Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993) was a lawyer, civil rights advocate and the first African-American justice. Known for his ardent support of individual rights, Justice Marshall's dissent in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke called the decision "ironic" stating, "after several hundred years of class-based |mhp| ful| sir| ngl| osu| zif| ptt| jmn| ils| jbe| phx| ppk| vny| czm| msn| bpe| cxe| iaw| djd| trz| yzg| cds| rkz| kds| nal| qff| kna| sfl| icw| lfn| kkp| ndg| jfg| oty| jyi| hwk| nou| qml| fls| oqm| zso| bvs| rph| fni| fbr| exd| fxf| nzd| qes| rqg|