Bakke

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United States Supreme Court case landmark case

Bakke is the commonly used shorthand name for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which addressed the constitutionality of race-based admissions policies in higher education.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ
citation	438 U.S. 265 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1978-06-28 ⓘ
decisionType	fragmented decision ⓘ
hasFullName	Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ
holding	Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ surface form: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act is coextensive with the Equal Protection Clause in this context race may be considered as one factor among others in admissions ⓘ strict racial quotas in admissions are unconstitutional ⓘ
impact	established framework for affirmative action in higher education admissions ⓘ Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin ⓘ surface form: influenced later affirmative action cases such as Fisher v. University of Texas Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ surface form: influenced later affirmative action cases such as Gratz v. Bollinger Grutter v. Bollinger ⓘ surface form: influenced later affirmative action cases such as Grutter v. Bollinger
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of racial quotas in university admissions ⓘ use of race as a factor in admissions decisions ⓘ
locationOfLowerCourt	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
lowerCourt	Supreme Court of California ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Allan Bakke ⓘ
opinionType	plurality opinion ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports	265 ⓘ
party	UC Davis Medical Center ⓘ surface form: University of California, Davis School of Medicine
petitioner	University of California Board of Regents ⓘ surface form: Regents of the University of California
precedentStatus	binding precedent in U.S. federal courts ⓘ
respondent	Allan Bakke ⓘ
result	Allan Bakke ⓘ surface form: Allan Bakke ordered admitted to the University of California, Davis School of Medicine
shortFor	Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
subjectMatter	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ affirmative action in higher education ⓘ race-based admissions policies ⓘ
topic	diversity in education ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ university admissions ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	438 ⓘ
yearArgued	1977 ⓘ

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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → shortName → Bakke ⓘ