Following an avalanche of briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month, the stage is set for next term’s blockbuster affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.
The case, which will be argued on October 10, is shaping up as largely a remake of the 2003 case of Grutter v. Bollinger, but with a few new twists. In the Grutter case, the court upheld race-conscious admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, in furtherance of the university’s “compelling interest” in diversity.
