United States Ninth Circuit

Lawsuit challenging Washington State law school's policy of considering race in admissions policy made moot by state initiative prohibiting the use of race in determining admissions and, law school's decision to obey that law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/14/2000
• Decided 12/04/2000
• Published 12/04/2000

Judges

• FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:, Before:  REAVLEY,FERNANDEZ, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael E. Rosman,Center for Individual Rights, Washington, DC, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Martin Michaelson, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for American Council on Education, et al., Michael C. Small, Mark D. Rosenbaum, Daniel P. Tokaji, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, W. Ward Morrison, Jr., Graham & James LLP; Riddell Williams P.S., Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, and Steven R. Shapiro, ACLU Foundation, New York, New York, for Tyson Marsh, et al., Walter E. Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae the Law School Admission Council., Timothy J. Moran, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae the United States of America.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Burman, Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the defendants-appellees.