Regents+of+the+University+of+California

Regents of the University of California

James Burkhardt Biemiller

**Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)** __// Allan Bakke was rejected two years in a row from the University of California at Davis Medical School. He filed a lawsuit against the university for denying him admission based on his race, citing a violation of the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause. The court decided that excluding anyone from a school based on race was unconstitutional and ordered UC Davis to accept Bakke. The court decided that holistic reviews of applicants were constitutional, but that exact quotas discriminated against qualified applicants of certain races. //__ __// Do racial quotas for college admissions violate the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause? //__