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Fisher v. University of Tex. at Austin
Supreme Court of the United States (2016) | 195 L. Ed. 2d 511; 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4059; 136 S. Ct. 2198; 84 U.S.L.W. 4472; 26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 325; 100 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,579
TL;DR: A white applicant challenged the University of Texas's race-conscious admissions policy. The Supreme Court upheld the policy, finding it survived strict scrutiny as a narrowly tailored means of achieving the educational benefits of diversity, even when combined with a large, race-neutral percentage plan.
Legal Significance: The case affirmed that a university's holistic, race-conscious admissions program can satisfy strict scrutiny, but imposed an ongoing duty on universities to periodically reassess the need for such policies and prove that workable race-neutral alternatives are insufficient.