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U.S. Supreme Court Sends Fisher v. University of Texas Back to the Court of Appeals With Directions: Give No Deference to the University in Determining Whether Its Race-Conscious Admissions Policy is Needed To Attain the Educational Benefits of Diversity

By Guest Author on June 25, 2013

This blog post was authored by Laura Schulkind and Erin Kunze

Summary

On Monday, June 24, 2013, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. However, the decision does little to alter the current legal standard by which race-conscious admissions policies are measured. Rather, the Court reaffirmed prior…