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FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

No. 14-981.

136 S.Ct. 2198 (2016)

195 L. Ed. 2d 511

Abigail Noel FISHER, Petitioner v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert Rein, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Gregory G. Garre, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondents.

Paul M. Smith, Elizabeth C. Bullock, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, Beverly E. Ledbetter, Providence, RI, Kim Taylor, Chicago, IL, Jane E. Booth, New York, NY, James J. Mingle, Ithaca, NY, Robert B. Donin, Hanover, NH, Pamela J. Bernard, Durham, NC, Paul Pineau, Baltimore, MD, Mark C. DiVincenzo, Cambridge, MA, Wendy S. White, Philadelphia, PA, Ramona E. Romero, Princeton, NJ, Debra L. Zumwalt, Stanford, CA, Audrey J. Anderson, Nashville, TN, Alexander E. Dreier, New Haven, CT, for Respondents.

Patricia C. Ohlendorf, Austin, TX, Douglas Laycock, Charlottesville, VA, James C. Ho, Andrew P. LeGrand, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX, Gregory G. Garre, Maureen E. Mahoney, J. Scott Ballenger Nicole Ries Fox, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Lori Alvino McGill, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Washington, DC, Katya S. Cronin, Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Respondents.

William S. Consovoy, Thomas R. McCarthy, J. Michael Connolly, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC, Arlington, VA, Paul M. Terrill, The Terrill Finn, P.C., Austin, TX, Bert W. Rein, Claire J. Evans, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

The Court is asked once again to consider whether the race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause.

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The University of Texas at Austin (or University) relies upon a complex...

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