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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke , 438 U.S. 265 (1978), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that involved a dispute over whether preferential treatment for minorities could reduce educational opportunities for whites without violating the Constitution.
This case featured the first example of judicial review by the Supreme Court. Ware v. Hylton, 3 U.S. 199 (1796) A section of the Treaty of Paris supersedes an otherwise valid Virginia statute under the Supremacy Clause. This case featured the first example of judicial nullification of a state law. Fletcher v.
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: 438 U.S. 265 (1978) Racial discrimination, affirmative action Lockett v. Ohio: 438 U.S. 586 (1978) Mitigating evidence required by the Eighth Amendment in capital sentencing proceedings FCC v. Pacifica Foundation: 438 U.S. 726 (1978) FCC policing of obscenity Rakas v. Illinois: 439 U.S. 128 (1978)
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The first citation to Bakke uses a short form citation, i.e. "Bakke, 438 U.S. at 277." The first time the case is cited should be long form, with subsequent citations being short form. In other words, the initial citation should read "Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265, 277 (1978)." Short form citations can follow.
Elizabeth Purdy argues that this conception of reverse discrimination came close to overturning affirmative action during the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and '90s after being granted legitimacy by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which ruled that Alan Bakke had been discriminated ...
Second Regular Session Sixty-eighth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO PREAMENDED This Unofficial Version Includes Committee Amendments Not Yet Adopted on Second Reading