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Affirmative Action Debate

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  • Affirmative Action Cases
    • DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • Fisher v. University of Texas (2013) (Fisher I)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • Fisher v. University of Texas (2016) (Fisher II)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • SFFA v. Harvard (2014)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • SFFA v. University of North Carolina (2014)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board (2021)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • BPCAE v. Boston (2021)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
    • SFFA v. Yale University (2020)
      • History
      • Impact
      • Opinions
      • Key Documents
      • Bibliography
  • New Developments
    • October, 2022: Editors File Friend of the Court Briefs in Harvard and North Carolina Cases
    • October, 2022: Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Two Pending Cases
    • March, 2022: Test-Optional Admissions Movement Expands
    • February, 2022: Court Strikes Down Virginia K-12 Admissions Policy
    • February, 2022: American Bar Association Revises Accreditation Standards
    • February, 2022: Briefing Schedule Set in Consolidated Harvard and North Carolina Cases
    • January, 2022: Supreme Court to Hear Harvard and North Carolina Cases
    • December, 2021: Solicitor General Files Brief for the United States in SFFA v. Harvard
    • October, 2021: University of North Carolina District Court Decision
    • June, 2021: Economic Relief Preferences Enjoined
    • June, 2021: Justices ask for SG input on Harvard Case
    • May, 2021: Colorado Bans Legacy Admissions at Public Universities
    • May, 2021: Harvard Case Pending Before Supreme Court
    • May, 2021: Boston K-12 Diversity Case
    • April, 2021: Yale University Litigation
  • Featured
    • The “Harvard” Suit
    • Are Preferences Disappearing?
  • Controversies
    • Affirmative Action vs. Preferential Treatment
    • Class vs. Race
    • Are Preferences Disappearing?
    • Do Preferences Work? Admissions
    • Do Preferences Work? Outcomes
    • University Transparency and Data Policies
    • Effects of Prop. 209
  • Debates
    • #2931 (no title)
  • Commentaries
    • On Affirmative Action, What Once Seemed Unthinkable Might Become Real
    • “Ain’t Dead Yet”: Affirmative Action in Academia
    • The affirmative-action trap. We need to talk about how racial preferences produce counter-productive results.
  • Affirmative Action Programs
    • State Automatic Admissions Initiatives
    • The Case of the U.S. Armed Services
    • Class-Based Systems
    • STEM Mentoring at University of Maryland
  • Research
    • Expert Reports in the Harvard Case
    • Expert Reports in the UNC Case
    • Books on Affirmative Action and Diversity
  • Data
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    • Undergraduate Admissions Data, Flagship State Schools
    • Law School Admissions Data
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Opinions

Per Curiam Opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court

Dissent by Justice Douglas

Appendix to Justice Douglas’s dissent

Dissent by Justice Brennan

Oral Arugment

DeFunis v. Odegaard – February 26, 1974

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