March 9, 2001
Minority Students Lose Affirmative-Action Case
A federal judge has rejected arguments made by black and Hispanic students at the University of Michigan that the institution's use of race in admissions decisions is necessary to remedy the effects of past discrimination.
In last week's ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick J. Duggan acknowledged evidence of poor treatment of minority students, particularly black students, by the university in the past, but he found that no discrimination had occurred in the undergraduate
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