United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiffs' suit, alleging that defendant-University rejected their applications based on race and ethnicity, is dismissed where defendants narrowly tailored its consideration of race and ethnicity in order to meet the compelling interest of obtaining the educational benefits of diversity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/11/2004
• Decided 12/20/2004
• Published 12/20/2004

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  D.W. NELSON, KLEINFELD, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Rosman and Hans F. Bader, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C.;   and Steven Hemmat, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Madden, and Bruce W. Megard, Jr., Bennett, Bigelow & Leedom, P. S., Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.