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SMITH v. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, LAW SCHOOL

Nos. 99-35209, 99-35347 and 99-35348.

233 F.3d 1188 (2000)

Katuria E. SMITH; Angela Rock; Michael Pyle; for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, LAW SCHOOL; Wallace D. Loh; Sandra Madrid; Richard Kummert; Michael Townsend; Roland Hjorth, Defendants-Appellees, and Robert Aronson; John Junker; Jacqueline McMurtrie; Eric Schnapper; Janet Stearns, Defendants. Katuria E. Smith; Angela Rock; Michael Pyle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The University of Washington Law School, Defendant-Appellee. Katuria E. Smith; Angela Rock; Michael Pyle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The University of Washington Law School; Wallace D. Loh; Roland Hjorth; Sandra Madrid; Richard Kummert, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 4, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Rosman, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants.

David J. Burman, Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the defendants-appellees.

Martin Michaelson, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., 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, D.C., for amicus curiae the Law School Admission Council.

Timothy J. Moran, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae the United States of America.

Before: THOMAS M. REAVLEY, FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted November 14, 2000 — Seattle, Washington.

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Katuria Smith, Angela Rock, and Michael Pyle (collectively Smith) brought this action on behalf of themselves and a class of Caucasians and others who were denied admission to the University of Washington Law School. The action was brought against the law school and members of its administration and faculty2 (collectively the Law School...

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