Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

E32808

United States Supreme Court case affirmative action case equal protection case

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions policies at public universities under the Equal Protection Clause.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → affirmative action case → equal protection case →
arguedDate	October 10, 2012 →
citation	133 S. Ct. 2411 → 186 L. Ed. 2d 474 → 570 U.S. 297 →
concurrenceBy	Antonin Scalia → Clarence Thomas →
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decidedDate	June 24, 2013 →
disposition	Judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated and case remanded. →
dissentBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg →
docketNumber	11-345 →
fullName	Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin →
holding	Courts must verify that a university’s use of race in admissions is narrowly tailored to obtain the educational benefits of diversity. → The Fifth Circuit did not apply the correct standard of strict scrutiny to the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in undergraduate admissions. →
impact	clarified the application of strict scrutiny to race-conscious admissions policies at public universities. →
joinedByInMajority	Antonin Scalia → Clarence Thomas → Elena Kagan recused → John G. Roberts Jr. → Samuel A. Alito Jr. → Sonia Sotomayor → Stephen G. Breyer →
jurisdiction	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (on appeal) →
legalIssue	constitutionality of race-conscious undergraduate admissions policies at public universities → standard of judicial review for race-based affirmative action in higher education →
majorityOpinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy →
originatingCourt	United States District Court for the Western District of Texas →
petitioner	Abigail Noel Fisher →
relatedCase	Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016) → Gratz v. Bollinger → Grutter v. Bollinger → Regents of the University of California v. Bakke →
respondent	UT Austin Office of Admissions → University of Texas at Austin →
shortName	Fisher I → Fisher v. Texas →
standardOfReview	strict scrutiny →
subjectMatter	civil rights → constitutional law → public university admissions →
subsequentHistory	On remand, the Fifth Circuit again upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s admissions policy. → The Supreme Court later affirmed the University of Texas at Austin’s policy in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016). →
topic	affirmative action in higher education → race-conscious admissions policies →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin →	fullName
Bakke ("influenced later affirmative action cases such as Fisher v. University of Texas") →	impact
October Term 2012 →	includesCase
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund →	notableCase
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ("Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016)") →	relatedCase
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ("Fisher v. Texas") →	shortName
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke →	subsequentCaseInfluenced
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ("The Supreme Court later affirmed the University of Texas at Austin’s policy in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016).") →	subsequentHistory
Grutter v. Bollinger →	subsequentLimitationBy