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U S Supreme Court case concerning Civil Right iberties Grutter V Bollinger 2003

Introduction -The case Gutter v. Bollinger (2003) was a 5-4 United States Supreme Court case that upheld the affirmative action policy of the University of Michigan Law School (Grutter v. Bollinger, 2003). The case was an important look at the way affirmative action impacts the nations professional school systems and the impact that affirmative action has on highly qualified non-minority students. Barbara Grutter was the plaintiff, Lee Bolling, President of the University of Michigan, representing the University. Grutter was represented by the Center For Individual Rights, while the 41 Intervenors were represented by Scheff and Washington (Randall, 2010)
The Case The University of Michigan Law School denied admission to Grutter, a Caucasian Michigan resident who had a 3.8 GPA and an LSAT score of 161. Grutter alleged that the school discriminated against her on the basis of race and in violation of the 14th Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; that her race rather than qualification was used as a predominant factor in the application process, and that applications with a minority status received undue consideration for placement (The VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1964). The District Court for Michigan found the