Grutter V. Bollinger

In 1977, Barbara  Grutter, white Michigan resident denied admission to the University of Michigan Law

School. She had a 3.8 point average and good standardized test scores . She sued the University over the law school's Affirmative Action Policy, "race as a factor in admissions." Grutter claimed that Michigan admitted less qualified minority applicants in violation of federal civil rights laws and the fourteenth Amendment, "equal protection." The Supreme Court upheld the use of Affirmative Action in higher education. The courts say the University of Michigan's policy was acceptable because the school conducted a thorough review of each applicants qualification and did not set aside a specific number of offers for minority applicants.

Affirmative Action, in 1961, issued by John F. Kennedy is still an issue with critics charging that is amounts to reverse discrimination/. In 1996, California Washington, and Michigan approved laws banning Affirmative Action in public education, state government hiring, and the awarding of state contracts.

Today, for colleges some people aren't accepted to balance out the racial ratio. You may be qualified, but that doesn't mean your admitted in the college. In result, some people sue.