University of Texas et al., Respondents
Gregory G. Garre, Counsel of Record
In 1996, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the admissions program for the University of Texas at Austin, which relied on racial preferences in undergraduate admissions, was unconstitutional. The university then adopted a new admissions system, where the top 10 percent of every Texas high school graduating class was granted automatic admissions. In order to increase classroom diversity, in 2003, university admissions administrators began filling the remaining slots in the university freshman class using a combination of test scores, grades, and a number of other individualized factors, including the race and economic background of the applicant. In…
