A federal court decision in which the University of Texas was supported in preferential admissions treatment of minority law school applicants is criticized as perpetuating racial discrimination by a state institution. The suit was brought by four white applicants who would likely have been admitted if they were of a preferred racial group but…

Traces the history of racial progress at the University of Texas School of Law from 1946, when an African American was denied admission, to events that led to improved access for minorities, to the case of Hopwood v. Texas, to the demise of affirmative action in Texas higher education. Emphasis is on changes in minority enrollments across those…