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In September 2011, lawyers representing Fisher filed petition seeking review from the Supreme Court. [13] [17] On February 21, 2012, the court granted certiorari in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The Supreme Court heard the oral argument in October 2012, and handed down its decision on June 24, 2013.
In September 2011, lawyers representing Fisher filed petition seeking review from the Supreme Court. [ 10 ] [ 15 ] The plaintiff's legal team was assembled by the Project on Fair Representation, a Washington, D.C. -based legal defense fund active in attempts to overturn race-based laws, whose legal fees were paid by Donors Trust , a ...
Fisher v. University of Texas may refer to either of two United States Supreme Court cases: . Fisher v. University of Texas (alternatively called Fisher I), 570 U.S. 297 (2013), a case which ruled that strict scrutiny should be applied to determine the constitutionality of a race-sensitive admissions policy.
The Supreme Court is set to hear two cases at the end of the month challenging race-based admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.
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However, this ruling has led to confusion among universities and lower courts alike regarding the status of affirmative action across the nation. In 2012, Fisher v. University of Texas reached the Supreme Court. [20] The University of Texas allegedly used race as a factor in denying Abigail Fisher's application, denying her a fair review.
In an April 2016 ruling, the Supreme Court upheld Texas's district scheme. [ 11 ] The Fisher case, which challenged the University of Texas 's (UT) consideration of race in its undergraduate admissions process, was decided at the Supreme Court in 2013 and again in 2016.
The court's decision in the 2013 case of Fisher v. University of Texas made alterations to the standards by which courts must judge affirmative action programs, but continued to permit race to be taken into consideration in university admissions, while forbidding outright quotas. [112] [113] In 2023, the Court, in Students for Fair Admissions v.