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US appeals court rules University of Texas must face affirmative action lawsuit

JURIST

The district court found that “the plaintiffs in this case and the Fisher litigation are in privity and the causes of action in the two cases are the same.” ” The court found that the lawsuit cannot be barred because Fisher previously sued UT in her own personal capacity.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

SCOTUSBlog

In a decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court ruled that the race-conscious admissions programs used by the University of North Carolina and Harvard College violate the 14th Amendment. O’Connor’s opinion in Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education would be one of her final 5-4 decisions.

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