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JUDGE DISALLOWS RACIAL POLICY AT LAW SCHOOL
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The Columbian
03-28-2001
DETROIT -- Dealing another setback to affirmative action, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the use of race in admissions at the University of Michigan law school is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman, in a case closely watched by educators across the country, acknowledged there is a "long and tragic history of race discrimination in this country."
But he said the law school's goal of achieving a racial...