U.S. Supreme Court
Sep. 4, 2019
Before Bakke, a case that turns out not to be moot
When a Supreme Court case becomes famous, we forget what went before. The 1978 Bakke affirmative action litigation, against the University of California Davis medical school, was preceded a full four years earlier by DeFunis v. Odegaard, presenting the same complaint against the University of Washington law school.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
When a Supreme Court case becomes famous, we forget what went before. The 1978 Bakke affirmative action litigation, against the University of California Davis medical school, was preceded a full four years earlier by DeFunis v. Odegaard, presenting the same complaint against the University of Washington law school. Unlike Bakke, however, the DeFunis case was resolved -- the insti...
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