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REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA v. BAKKE

Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1977
Decided: June 26, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Lewis Powell
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA v. BAKKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1978. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1977.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
Petitioner: State college or university
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 438 U.S. 265
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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