Civil Rights Law and History E-book Collection
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/researchguides/civilrightsebooks.asp
Online catalog from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library at the University of Maryland-Baltimore

Podberesky v. Kirwan

In May 1995, the Supreme Court refused to hear arguments in the case of Podberesky v. Kirwan, letting stand an appeals court ruling that the University of Maryland's Banneker minority scholarship program was unconstitutional.

Podberesky v. Kirwan, The Banneker Scholarship Case: Going Back to the Future for Affirmative Action Programs in Higher Education (Susan L. Bayly, Esq.* in Intersections'98 )
http://www.crge.umd.edu/publications/Intersections_98/podber.html

* General Counsel, University of Maryland, College Park.

The Michigan Case

NPR.org: Split Ruling on Affirmative Action: High Court Rules on Race as Factor in University Admissions
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/michigan/index.html
June 23, 2003 -- In its first ruling on affirmative action in higher education admissions in 25 years, the nation's highest court ruled Monday that race can be used in university admission decisions. But the narrowly divided court also seemed to put limits on how much of a factor race can play in giving minority students an advantage in the admissions process.

CNN.com/LAW CENTER: Narrow use of affirmative action preserved in college admissions - Dec. 25, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/23/scotus.affirmative.action/

University of Michigan Website: U.S. Supreme Court rules on University of Michigan cases
http://www.umich.edu/news/Releases/2003/Jun03/supremecourt.html
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--In a major victory for U-M announced June 23, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the right of universities to consider race in admissions procedures in order to achieve a diverse student body.

Additional Documents

Ruling: Grutter v. Bollinger (RESOLUTION 02-241)
http://www.firstyearbook.umd.edu/TMarshall/PDF/02-241.pdf

Ruling: Gratz v. Bollinger (RESOLUTION 02-516)
http://www.firstyearbook.umd.edu/TMarshall/PDF/02-516.pdf