Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (600 U.S. 181)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 29, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 600 U.S. 181 · 143 S. Ct. 2141
- Decided
- June 29, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 6–2
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 600 U. S. Part 1 Pages 181–411 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 29, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2022 181 Syllabus STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the rst circuit No. 20–1199. Argued October 31, 2022—Decided June 29, 2023* Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) are two of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States. Every year, tens of thousands of students apply to each school; many fewer are admitted. Both Harvard and UNC employ a highly selective admis- sions process to make their decisions. Admission to each school can depend on a student's grades, recommendation letters, or extracurricu- lar involvement. It can also depend on their race. The question pre- sented is whether the admissions systems used by Harvard College and UNC are lawful under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. At Harvard, each application for admission is initially…
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