Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2010
Closed Date: May 11, 2012
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On February 16, 2010 several students and pro-affirmative action groups filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California challenging Proposition 209. The Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that Proposition 209 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Specifically, the Plaintiffs claim that the harsh restrictions that Proposition 209 puts on affirmative action denies the Plaintiffs the chance for an equal and integrated education.
On December 8, 2010, the Court (Judge Samuel Conti) granted the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, holding that Proposition 209 did not classify individuals based on race, but rather banned it, and thus did not violate the Equal Protection Clause. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Schwarzenegger, 2010 WL 5094278 (N.D. Cal. December 8, 2010). The Plaintiffs then appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
On April 2, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Judge Silverman) affirmed the District Court, noting that just because Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306, 325 (2003) allowed an affirmative action program doesn't mean that affirmative action programs may not be banned. Rehearing en banc was denied on May 11, 2012.
It does not appear the Plaintiffs petitioned the Supreme Court for certiorari.
The case appears to be closed.
Summary Authors
Joshua Arocho (7/19/2012)
Virginia Weeks (11/8/2017)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4684591/parties/coalition-to-defend-affirmative-action-v-schwarzenegger/
Conti, Samuel (California)
Cruz, Ronald T. (California)
Driver, Shanta (Michigan)
Friedland, Michelle (California)
Browne, Sharon L. (California)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4684591/coalition-to-defend-affirmative-action-v-schwarzenegger/
Last updated Dec. 18, 2024, 6:26 p.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: California
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Filing Date: Feb. 16, 2010
Closing Date: May 11, 2012
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
All black, Latina/a and Native American applicants to and students at any school or campus of the University of California; All black, Latina/o, and Native Amctican and other residents who want to lobby for changes in the admission and other policies of the defendant universities in order to secure the admission of more black, Latina/o and Native American applicants to the University of California.
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Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: Yes
Class Action Outcome: Unknown
Defendants
Regents of the University of California, State
President of the University of California, State
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Prevailing Party: Defendant
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Discrimination Basis:
National origin discrimination
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
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