Columbia University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Rice University, and Vanderbilt University
Amici Curiae
Floyd Abrams, Counsel of RecordThe parties to this brief are all private universities that consider race when determining admissions to their institutions. Floyd Abrams is a partner with the law firm Cahill, Gordon & Reindel. He received his law degree from Yale University in 1960. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 13, 2003.In the course of the wrenching legal and public policy debate about university admission policies that take account of race to some degree or other, little has been said about the First Amendment…
