Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)
Fisher v. University of Texas, 579 U.S. ____ (2016) (commonly referred to as Fisher II) is a United States Supreme Court case concerning whether the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit correctly applied strict scrutiny to the University of Texas at Austin's undergraduate admissions policy, in accordance with Fisher v. University of Texas (2013), which ruled that strict scrutiny should be applied to determine the constitutionality of the University's race-sensitive admissions policy and remanded the case back to the Fifth Circuit.
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Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)
Fisher v. University of Texas, 579 U.S. ____ (2016) (commonly referred to as Fisher II) is a United States Supreme Court case concerning whether the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit correctly applied strict scrutiny to the University of Texas at Austin's undergraduate admissions policy, in accordance with Fisher v. University of Texas (2013), which ruled that strict scrutiny should be applied to determine the constitutionality of the University's race-sensitive admissions policy and remanded the case back to the Fifth Circuit.
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Abigail Noel Fisher, Petitioner v. University of Texas at Austin, et al.
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