Allan Bakke
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Allan Bakke is an American engineer and former U.S. Marine officer best known as the white applicant whose legal challenge to a medical school’s affirmative action admissions policy led to the landmark 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision on race-conscious admissions.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
engineer
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former U.S. Marine officer → human → litigant → |
| alleged |
racial discrimination in admissions
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| associatedWith |
U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action jurisprudence
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University of California, Davis School of Medicine → |
| basedOn |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (legal claim)
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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (legal claim) → |
| challenged |
affirmative action admissions policy
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racial quota system at UC Davis School of Medicine → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| education |
engineering degree
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| ethnicGroup |
white American
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| fieldOfStudy |
medicine (as applicant)
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| gender |
male
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| hasLegalConsequence |
1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision on race-conscious admissions
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| influenced |
policies on race-conscious admissions in U.S. higher education
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| legalAction |
lawsuit against University of California, Davis School of Medicine
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| legalIssue |
constitutionality of race-based admissions criteria
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use of racial quotas in public university admissions → |
| militaryBranch |
United States Marine Corps
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| militaryRank |
officer
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| notableFor |
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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challenge to affirmative action in medical school admissions → |
| occupation |
engineer
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| partyTo |
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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| residence |
United States
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| roleInCourtCase |
plaintiff in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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| timePeriod |
20th century
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Bakke
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → |
respondent |
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Bakke
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namedAfter |
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Bakke
("Allan Bakke ordered admitted to the University of California, Davis School of Medicine")
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