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[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 a 7–1 decision, the Court vacated and remanded the Fifth Circuit's ruling.
Groups including Austin Mutual Aid, VOCAL-TX and the Healing Project held a press conference outside Austin City Hall Tuesday.
University of Texas, 570 U.S. 297 (2013), also known as Fisher I (to distinguish it from the 2016 case), [1] is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. The Supreme Court voided the lower appellate court's ruling in favor of the university and remanded the case ...
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Friday that will allow cities to ban public camping will bolster Florida's recent move to hold local municipalities accountable for their homeless populations. The ...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned a Ninth Circuit Court ruling in Martin v. Boise that anti-camping ordinances violate the rights of homeless individuals if there was no other place for ...
After the Supreme Court's ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson, San Francisco ramped up its enforcement of anti-camping laws. Police ceased issuing warnings ahead of encampment sweeps, which had previously been the norm. A sweep on 13th Street began in the morning on 30 July 2024.
The appellate court relied on a 1962 Supreme Court decision that said the Eighth Amendment prevented criminalizing someone’s status — in Martin v. Boise, the status of homelessness. The 1962 ...
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. Fisher v. University of Texas ...