Grutter V Bollinger

In 1997 barbara grutter a white resident of michigan applied for admission to the university of michigan law school.

Grutter v bollinger. Grutter named lee bollinger president of the university of michigan at the time as the defendant. That she was rejected because the law school uses race as a predominant factor giving applicants belonging to certain minority groups a significantly greater. Constitution title vi of the civil rights act of 1964 and 42 u s c. When the law school denied admission to petitioner grutter a white michigan resident with a 3 8 gpa and 161 lsat score she filed this suit alleging that respondents had discriminated against her on the basis of race in violation of the fourteenth amendment title vi of the civil rights act of 1964 and 42 u s c.

Written and curated by real attorneys at quimbee. Grutter claimed that the law school s use of affirmative action in its admissions policy violated her equal protection rights under the fourteenth amendment. 306 2003 was a landmark case of the supreme court of the united states concerning affirmative action in student admissions. The university of michigan law school law school one of the nation s top law schools follows an official admissions policy that seeks to achieve student body diversity through compliance with regents of univ.

Bollinger et al 2003 no. Grutter a white michigan resident then sued the law school. April 1 2003 decided. 306 2003 united states supreme court case facts key issues and holdings and reasonings online today.

The university of michigan law school denied barbara grutter s application to the school. Bollinger challenged the affirmative action admissions practices of the university of michigan s law school and undergraduate programs respectively. In december 1997 petitioner filed suit in the united states district court for the eastern district of michigan against the law school the regents of the university of michigan lee bollinger dean of the law school from 1987 to 1994 and president of the university of michigan from 1996 to 2002 jeffrey lehman dean of the law school and dennis shields director of admissions at the law school from 1991 until 1998. Grutter applied with a 3 8 undergraduate gpa and an lsat score of 161.

Grutter alleged that the policy constituted discrimination on the basis of race in violation of the fourteenth amendment of the u s. This case and its companion gratz v. She was denied admission.