Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action et al. v. Regents of the University of Michigan et al.

Federal circuit holds that Michigan’s ban on the consideration of race and gender in public university admissions is unconstitutional because the resulting political structure impermissibly burdens racial minorities. (February 2012)

While public attention focused on Fisher v. University of Texas, another case made it to the Supreme Court docket that relates to voter initiatives that have successfully banned the use of race and ethnicity in admission in several states. This case focuses on the Michigan ban declared unconstitutional in the Michigan Sixth Circuit. (September 2013)

Provides practical guidance for public school districts stemming from U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education. (September 2007)