The Center for Equal Opportunity, The Independent Women’s Forum, and The American Civil Rights Institute
Amici Curiae
C. Mark Pickrell, Counsel of RecordThe parties in this case are nonprofit research and public advocacy organizations dedicated to studying and documenting discrimination by Federal and State governments and private entities. C. Mark Pickrell is in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee, where he specializes in civil and criminal appeals. He received his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1992. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 16, 2003.This Court should reverse the decision of the court of appeals in Grutter v. Bollinger, and it…
