PHIL 2135 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Regents Of The Univ. Of Cal. V. Bakke, John Paul Stevens, Grutter V. Bollinger
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Midterm exam study guide: know the central conclusions of some important legal cases dealing with affirmative action, especially bakke, adarand, grutter v. bollinger, graz v. bollinger, and parents united v. Especially, know the positions of justice stevens and justice thomas in the adarand v. Penya case: bakke v. regents of the university of california = the u. s. supreme court"s first major ruling on affirmative action in 1978, allan bakke, a white man, applied for admission to the medical school at the. University of california at davis: at the time, almost all medical students were white, davis"s affirmative action program set aside for minority students 16 out of its. It qualified minority students could not be found, those places were not to be filled. Department of transportation: under the terms of the federal contract, the prime contractor would receive additional compensation if it hired small businesses controlled by "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. "
