Among other cases, the author discusses the Defunis v. Odegaard case concerning reverse race discrimination in law school admissions. (PG)

A consideration of the issues in the DeFunis v. Odegaard case focusing on the extent to which the principles of "moral philosophy" are contingent with the requirement of equal protection. Discusses levels of review under the equal protection clause and "benign" racial classifications, and constitutional evaluation of…

Discusses the suit of an unsuccessful white applicant to a state university who discovers that black candidates with lower test scores and grades are being accepted for the entering class for which he has been rejected. His suit against the university alleges a denial of equal protection, contending he was denied admission because of his race.…

DeFunis v. Odegaard involved an unsuccessful challenge by a white law school applicant to a program for the "preferential" admission of members of certain minority groups. This article suggests that such programs are not only constitutionally permissible but mandated when there has been a failure to promote racial integration. (LBH)

Selection fairness is explored in the context of data from DeFunis v. Odegaard, the recent Supreme Court case, and societal demands for increased numbers of minority professionals. These models of selection fairness are considered: Clary's regression model, Darlington's subjective regression model, the equal risk model of Einhorm & Bass,…

This book deals with the lawsuit Marco De Funis filed against the University of Washington which brought about the first court decision bearing on the issue of the legality of preferential admission of minority students to American universities. Background of the problem of reverse discrimination is given in a historical review of the events that…

The public policy and legal issues surrounding preferential admissions of minorities in higher education and the politics and human drama of the controversy are reviewed and analyzed in this book. Focus is on the court cases of Marco DeFunis against the University of Washington law school and Allan Bakke against the University of California…