Highlights of the Supreme Court's 2002-2003 Term
References for Gratz v. Bollinger
and Grutter
v. Bollinger (June
23, 2003)
Prior Opinions
Gratz
v. Bollinger - Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals -HTML -or- (PDF)
Grutter
v. Bollinger - Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals -HTML -or- (PDF)
Supreme
Court Opinion in Bakke (LII Historical Database)
Announcement
of Bakke Decision (MP3)
Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments
Supreme Court Oral Argument
(PDF) Gratz
- Grutter -OR-
(Download/Listen to MP3 of Argument) - Gratz
- Grutter
Amicus Briefs
University
of Michigan Meta-Site (A Thorough Collection of Amici Briefs, organized
by Party Support, with Summaries)
Center
For Individual Rights Meta-Page (Links to Numerous Briefs opposing
Michigan Admissions Policies)
American
Bar Association
University
of Michigan
United States Department of Justice (Gratz)
(Grutter)
NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Grutter)
Law
School Admissions Council (Grutter)
13,922
Current Law Students at Accredited American Law Schools (Grutter)
Senators Tom Daschle, et al. (Gratz)
(Grutter)
Richard
A. Gephardt et al.
General
Motors
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (Gratz)
(Grutter)
Articles & Commentary
Despite
Ruling, Affirmative Action Debate is Far from Closed - USA Today (June
25, 2003)
Affirmative
Action Survives Close Supreme Court Vote - The Independent (UK) (June
25, 2003)
School
Officials, Students React to Michigan Rulings - CNN.com (June 25,
2003)
Supreme
Court Upholds Affirmative Action - University of Michigan Record (June
23, 2003)
NEA Applauds
Supreme Court's Decision on Affirmative Action - National Education
Assoc. (June 23, 2003)
ACLU
Lauds Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Upholding University's Policies
- ACLU (June 23, 2003)
Split
Ruling on Affirmative Action Decision - NPR - Interview with Michigan
Law School Dean - INCLUDES ADDITIONAL LINKS TO PAST COVERAGE OF BOTH CASES
(June 23, 2003)
NAACP
Calls Supreme court Michigan Decision A Major Victory - NAACP (June
23, 2003)
Other
Rights are Hanging by a Thread - Boston Globe (June 25, 2003)
U.S.
Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action Expected to Have Far-Reaching
Impact - Voice of America (June 25, 2003)
Diversity:
The Truth Behind the Michigan Cases - Federalist Society - Brian Fitzpatrick
(June, 2003)
Other References
Supreme Court
Docket (Gratz)
(Grutter)
Medill School of
Journalism (Gratz)
(Grutter)
Bibliography
on Race, Gender and Affirmative Action - UMich, June 2003
BAMN - Coalition to Defend Affirmative
Action & Integration (resource with links to news editorials,
press releases, etc.)
National Organization for
Women (NOW) Affirmative Action Page
Civil Rights.org
Affirmative Action Page
ACLU
Affirmative Action Page
NAACP Home Page
University
of Michigan Affirmative Action Admissions Cases Page
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