affirmative-action
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5725 | In Re David C. White | 2025-09-24 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | administrative-law affirmative-action agenda-21 due-process educational-priority judicial-immunity | Whether United States citizens shall be given priority over foreign students for participation in doctoral programs of public educational institutions | |
| 23-7362 | Tesae Harrington v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State | District of Columbia | 2024-05-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure precedent race-discrimination statutory-interpretation | Whether the race-based admissions policies of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteen… |
| 21-707 | Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2021-11-15 | Denied | Amici (14)Relisted (3) | admissions affirmative-action civil-rights diversity educational-diversity equal-protection grutter-precedent higher-education higher-education-admissions race-conscious-admissions race-neutral-alternatives | Should this Court overrule Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions? |
| 20-1199 | Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College | First Circuit | 2021-03-01 | Judgment Issued | CVSGAmici (32)Relisted (4) | affirmative-action asian-american-discrimination civil-rights equal-protection higher-education race-based-admissions strict-scrutiny title-vi | Should this Court overrule Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions? |
| 19-8498 | Winnie Diggs v. Neil Gallucci, Chief of Police, City of Carlsbad, California | Ninth Circuit | 2020-05-19 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | affirmative-action antidiscrimination civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-process law-enforcement racial-discrimination supreme-court-jurisprudence | Whether the disjuncture between the statutory and constitutional prohibition of racial discrimination and the continuing subordination of racial minor… |
| 18-1105 | Samuel Pierce v. Yale University, et al. | District of Columbia | 2019-02-22 | Denied | Response Waived | affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education race-based-discrimination stare-decisis university-admissions | Whether the Court should overrule its holdings in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and Grutier v. Bollinger that professional school a… |
| 18-7085 | Larry A. McGhee v. Michigan | Michigan | 2018-12-18 | Denied | IFP | affirmative-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-constitution free-speech jurisdiction public-education standing state-constitution | Whether the Michigan Constitution's prohibition on affirmative action in public education violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitutio… |