A Black and White Case

This important social history details the most important fight that affirmative action has ever faced in the US - the two historic University of Michigan cases that led to the Supreme Court's 2002 Grutter v. Bollinger ruling.

Details the most important legal fight affirmative action has ever faced in the United States. Stohr follows the unfolding lawsuit step by step, from trial and appeals court to the Supreme Court, setting out the issues in simple language.

BOOK DETAILS : CONTENTS INCLUDE :

Part One: A Gathering Storm

(December 1995–October 1997)

1 A Tale of Two Professors

2 Getting Lawyered Up

3 Gratz, Grutter, and Hamacher

Part Two: Trial Court

(October 1997–April 2001)

4 Equal Protection

5 Arguments Michigan Wouldn’t Make

6 A Clash in Chambers

7 Accepted on the Spot

8 Bollinger’s New Front

9 Duggan’s Distinction

10 Preferences on Trial

Part Three: On Appeal

(April 2001–December 2002)

11 A Court Divided

12 Martin v. Boggs

13 Looking to the High Court

Part Four: The Supreme Court

(December 2002–June 2003)

14 The Most Powerful Woman in America

15 Friends of the Court

16 “She’s Fabulous”

17 “Race Unfortunately Still Matters”

18 Hail to the Victors

Epilogue