Grutter V Bollinger

She was denied admission.

Grutter v bollinger.

That she was rejected because the law school uses race as a predominant factor giving applicants belonging to certain minority groups a significantly greater. 306 2003 was a landmark case of the supreme court of the united states concerning affirmative action in student admissions. Bollinger challenged the affirmative action admissions practices of the university of michigan s law school and undergraduate programs respectively. When the law school denied admission to petitioner grutter a white michigan resident with a 3 8 gpa and 161 lsat score she filed this suit alleging that respondents had discriminated against her on the basis of race in violation of the fourteenth amendment title vi of the civil rights act of 1964 and 42 u s c.

The university of michigan law school law school one of the nation s top law schools follows an official admissions policy that seeks to achieve student body diversity through compliance with regents of univ. The university of michigan law school denied barbara grutter s application to the school. Bollinger et al 2003 no. Constitution title vi of the civil rights act of 1964 and 42 u s c.

306 2003 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today. Grutter claimed that the law school s use of affirmative action in its admissions policy violated her equal protection rights under the fourteenth amendment. Grutter named lee bollinger president of the university of michigan at the time as the defendant. United states supreme court.

Grutter a white michigan resident then sued the law school. Grutter alleged that the policy constituted discrimination on the basis of race in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the u s. April 1 2003 decided. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee.

See bollinger decisions in giving deference to the university s judgment that each applicant was evaluated as an individual and that its consideration of race was necessary to achieve the educational benefits of diversity. In 1997 barbara grutter a white resident of michigan applied for admission to the university of michigan law school. Grutter applied with a 3 8 undergraduate gpa and an lsat score of 161.