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FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (2016)

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FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 2015
Decided: June 23, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Clarence Thomas

FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 2016. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 2015.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
  • Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State college or university
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 579 U.S. 365
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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