1. University of Calif v Bakke
... . It defined affirmative action, and by that it allowed certain minorities a better chance to get into schools. Women, veterans, minorities, and elderly people had a better chance of getting into college. Allan Bakke, a white male, was applying to several medical schools and applied to the University of California and got rejected. He felt he was well over qualified and knew that some ... the University of California and reaffirmed affirmative action. The court issued a two-part decision, in the first part the justices ruled against the medical school's special program and ordered that A...
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