Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

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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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Fisher v. Texas	1
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016)	1
The Supreme Court later affirmed the University of Texas at Austin’s policy in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016).	1
influenced later affirmative action cases such as Fisher v. University of Texas	1

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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 ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016) Gratz v. Bollinger ⓘ Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ
respondent	University of Texas at Austin ⓘ surface form: UT Austin Office of Admissions University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
shortName	Fisher I ⓘ Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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. ⓘ Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: influenced later affirmative action cases such as Fisher v. University of Texas

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this entity surface form: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016)

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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → subsequentCaseInfluenced → Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ⓘ

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → subsequentHistory → Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Supreme Court later affirmed the University of Texas at Austin’s policy in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016).

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