Constitutional Law - Equal Protection - Affirmative Action Programs - Reverse Discrimination

Authors

Stewart M. Flam

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Washington has held that the University of Washington Law School may, without any showing of past discriminatory practices on its part, apply separate and distinct admissions criteria to its minority applicants in order to achieve a racial balance within the school.

DeFunis v. Odegaard, 82 Wash. 2d 11, 507 P.2d 1169, cert. granted, 94 S. Ct. 538 (1973).

First Page

694

Recommended Citation

Stewart M. Flam, Constitutional Law - Equal Protection - Affirmative Action Programs - Reverse Discrimination, 12 Duq. L. Rev. 694 (1974).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol12/iss3/17