Recent Development by Kathleen McNearney
The Fifth Circuit held that as long as Grutter remained good law, UT's use of race-conscious measures in admissions decisions complied with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it was narrowly tailored to achieve a critical mass of minorities despite its simultaneous use of the Ten Percent Law. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, 631 F.3d 213, 246-47 (5th Cir. 2011), cert. granted, 132 S. Ct. 1536 (2012).
About the Author
Kathleen McNearney. J.D. candidate 2013, Tulane University School of Law; B.A. 2006, University of Virginia.
Citation
86 Tul. L. Rev. 1373 (2012)