June 22, 2001

Powerful Groups and Figures Weigh In for U. of Michigan in Affirmative-Action Case

The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has gained some new, high-powered allies in its fight to preserve affirmative action in admissions.

A thick stack of legal briefs has been filed on the university's behalf in its appeal of a U.S. district court ruling striking down the race-conscious admissions policies of its law school. Although some come from higher-education organizations and multinational companies that had filed similar documents in the district court, several newcomers

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