July 6, 2001

Supreme Court Again Declines to Hear Appeal of Key Affirmative-Action Case

By BEN GOSE

For the second time in five years, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the lawsuit known as Hopwood v. Texas, which led to the abolition of affirmative action at public colleges in Texas.

Last week's action, on an appeal filed by the University of Texas law school, did not come as a big surprise to most court watchers. They remain convinced that at some point in the next few years, the Supreme Court will take on a case involving racial preferences and college

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