The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Brief of Amici Curiae The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. in Support of Respondents in Gratz v. Bollinger

Legal Brief - February 19, 2003 -

• The Court should uphold Bakke under stare decisis and uphold Michigan's admissions program
  
• The Michigan Plan mirrors the Harvard Plan that the court embraced in Bakke where race is one of many factors that the school may consider when selecting applicants
  
• Percentage Plans are not a valid race neutral alternative to Michigan's affirmative action program
  
• The Michigan program does not use quotas, which are unconstitutional under Bakke