Definition of Bakke decision

1. Noun. A ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy.

Generic synonyms: Opinion, Ruling
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

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Literary usage of Bakke decision

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Overview of Affirmative Action: Hearing Before the Committee on the edited by Hank Brown (1998)
"This is something that Justice Powell recognized in the bakke decision when he said 15 years ago that it is a legitimate aim of a university to seek a ..."

2. Higher Education: Information on Minority by Wayne B. Upshaw (1998)
"After the bakke decision, however, school officials, concerned that such scholarships might be unconstitutional, changed the eligibility criteria so that ..."

3. Fairness in Employment Testing: Validity Generalization, Minority Issues by John A. Hartigan, Alexandra K. Wigdor (1989)
"... see Arts and entertainment Litigation of discrimination cases Alexander v. Holmes, 75 bakke decision, 227 Bob Jones University case, 226 Brown v. ..."

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