Court Case
Grutter v. Bollinger
The Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School's limited use of race as one factor in a holistic admissions process.
Year
2003
Impact
Positive
Status
Partially Active
Party
Unknown
Era
Post Civil Rights Era
Impact Context
The decision preserved a path for race-conscious admissions policies that many institutions viewed as important to Black representation in higher education, though later case law severely limited it.
What This Policy Did
The decision preserved a path for race-conscious admissions policies that many institutions viewed as important to Black representation in higher education, though later case law severely limited it.
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Sources
Justia • Archive • Jun 23, 2003
Primary decision text mirror
ACS • Nonprofit • Jun 8, 2023
Legal commentary summarizing Grutter's significance before the 2023 rollback.
Columbia Law School • Academic • Jun 29, 2023
Academic explainer linking Grutter to later affirmative action litigation.