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Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1999
When a qualified white student was denied admission to an elite public school, her father sued the Boston Public School Committee, claiming the new, racially based admissions policy violated the Equal Protection Clause. The First Circuit Court reversed a lower court decision for the school committee, because the admission policy served no…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Court Litigation
