The case on affirmative action was brought by a white student denied a place at the University of Texas in 2008. Abigail Fisher said the college policy of considering her race violated her civil and constitutional rights.
The court, on a 7-1 vote, with Justice Elena Kagan recused, said an appeals court did not apply the correct standard in deciding whether the Texas policy violated the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection by giving preferences to racial minorities in its admissions process.
Voice of Russia, BBC, Chicago Tribune