137 F. Supp. 2d 821 - Grutter v. Bollinger’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`all persons who (A) applied for and were not granted admission to the University of Michigan Law School for the academic years since (and including) 1995 until the time that judgment is entered herein; and (B) were members of those racial or ethnic groups, including Caucasian, that Defendants treated less favorably in considering their applications for admission to the Law School.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Grutter v. Bollinger

2. “applicant's promise of making a notable contribution to the class by way of a particular strength, attainment, or characteristic— e. g., an unusual intellectual achievement, employment experience, nonacademic performance, or personal background.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Grutter v. Bollinger

3. “Bakke does not stand for the proposition that a university's desire to assemble a racially diverse student body is a compelling state interest”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jennifer Johnson Aimee Bogrow v. Board of Regents of the University of Georgia Antoine Hester