Grutter V Bollinger

Grutter applied with a 3 8 undergraduate gpa and an lsat score of 161.

Grutter v bollinger.

Grutter alleged that the policy constituted discrimination on the basis of race in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the u s. The university of michigan law school denied barbara grutter s application to the school. United states supreme court. 306 2003 was a landmark case of the supreme court of the united states concerning affirmative action in student admissions.

Bollinger et al 2003 no. Grutter claimed that the law school s use of affirmative action in its admissions policy violated her equal protection rights under the fourteenth amendment. Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. 306 2003 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today.

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. In 1997 barbara grutter a white resident of michigan applied for admission to the university of michigan law school. That she was rejected because the law school uses race as a predominant factor giving applicants belonging to certain minority groups a significantly greater. 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.

April 1 2003 decided. Bollinger challenged the affirmative action admissions practices of the university of michigan s law school and undergraduate programs respectively. 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. Grutter a white michigan resident then sued the law school.

In december 1997 petitioner filed suit in the united states district court for the eastern district of michigan against the law school the regents of the university of michigan lee bollinger dean of the law school from 1987 to 1994 and president of the university of michigan from 1996 to 2002 jeffrey lehman dean of the law school and dennis shields director of admissions at the law school from 1991 until 1998. This case and its companion gratz v. She was denied admission.