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STUDENTS FAIR ADM. v. PRESIDENT FELLOWS HARVARD

No. 20-1199, No. 21-707.

143 S.Ct. 2141 (2023)

600 U.S. 181

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., Petitioner v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., Petitioner v. University of North Carolina, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Strawbridge , Arlington, VA, for Petitioner in No. 21-707.

Ryan Y. Park , Solicitor General, for the university respondents in No. 21-707.

David G. Hinojosa , Washington, DC, for the student respondents in No. 21-707.

Cameron T. Norris , for Petitioner in No. 20-1199.

Seth P. Waxman , Arlington, VA, for Respondent in No. 20-1199.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Solicitor General, for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting respondents.

William F. Lee , Felicia H. Ellsworth , Andrew S. Dulberg , Michelle Liszt Sandals , Hannah E. Gelbort , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, Diane E. Lopez , Vice President and General Counsel, Ara B. Gershengorn , Harvard University, Office of the General Counsel, Cambridge, MA, Seth P. Waxman , Counsel of Record, Catherine M.A. Carroll , Claire H. Chung , Andres C. Salinas , Spencer L. Todd , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Debo P. Adegbile , Rishita Apsani , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, for Respondents No. 20-1199.

Adam K. Mortara , Chicago, IL, Patrick Strawbridge , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Boston, MA, Alan M. Ruley , Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA., Winston-Salem, NC, William S. Consovoy , Counsel of Record, Thomas R. McCarthy , J. Michael Connolly , Cameron T. Norris , Bryan Weir , James F. Hasson , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, for Petitioner in No. 20-1199.

Patrick Strawbridge , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Boston, MA, Alan M. Ruley , Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A., Winston-Salem, NC, William S. Consovoy , Counsel of Record, Thomas R. McCarthy , J. Michael Connolly , Cameron T. Norris , Bryan Weir , James F. Hasson , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, for Petitioner in No. 21-707.

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, Ryan Y. Park , Counsel of Record, Solicitor General, Nicholas S. Brod , Sarah G. Boyce , James W. Doggett , Deputy Solicitors General, Sripriya Narasimhan , Deputy General Counsel, Stephanie A. Brennan , Tamika L. Henderson , Special Deputy Attorneys General, Samuel W. Magaram , Solicitor General Fellow, N.C. Department of Justice, Raleigh, NC, Patrick Fitzgerald , Amy Van Gelder , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL, Lara Flath, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for University Respondents in No. 21-707.

Carlene McNulty , Sarah Laws , North Carolina Justice Center, Raleigh, NC 27601, Damon Hewitt , Jon Greenbaum , David Hinojosa , Counsel of Record, Genevieve Bonadies Torres , Taylor Dumpson , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Washington, DC, Reed N. Colfax , Soohyun Choi , Gemma Donofrio , Reiman Colfax PLLC, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Students Cecilia Polanco, et al. in No. 21-707.

In these cases we consider whether the admissions systems used by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, two of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States, are lawful under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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