Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, No. 11-345; U.S. Supreme Court; opinion by Kennedy, J.; concurrences by Scalia and Thomas, JJ.; dissent by Ginsburg, J.; decided June 24, 2013. On certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The University of Texas at Austin considers race as one of various factors in its undergraduate admissions process. The university, which is committed to increasing racial minority enrollment, adopted its current program after this court decided Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306, upholding the use of race as one of many "plus factors" in an admissions program that considered the overall individual contribution of each candidate, and Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244, holding unconstitutional an admissions program that automatically awarded points to applicants from certain racial minorities.
