No. 11-345
In the Supreme Court of the United States
Abigail Noel Fisher, Petitioner
v.
University of Texas at Austin, et al., Respondents
On June 24, 2013, by a 7-1 vote, the United States Supreme Court vacated the opinion of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and remanded the case to the Circuit Court.
Opinion
- Opinion (June 24, 2013)
Oral Argument
- Transcript of Oral Argument (October 10, 2012)
Briefs
- Brief for Petitioner (May 21, 2012)
- Brief for Respondents (August 6, 2012)
- Reply Brief for Petitioner (September 5, 2012)
Petition for Certiorari
- Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (September 15, 2011)
- Brief in Opposition (December 7, 2011)
- Reply Brief (December 20,2011)
Appendices
- Joint Appendix (May 21, 2012)
- Supplemental Joint Appendix (May 21, 2012)
Amicus Curiae
Briefs in Support of Respondents
- The United States
- 17 United States Senators
- 66 Members of Congress
- 38 Members of the Texas State Senate and House of Representatives
- 57 Fortune 100 and Other Leading American Businesses
- 11 Small Businesses and Small Business Owners and 11 Small Business Associations
- Six Former FCC Commissioners, a Former FCC General counsel, and the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council
- Teach for America
- 37 Former Senior DOD/National Security/Military Leaders
- The Family of Heman Sweatt
- 10 Leading Public Research Universities
- The Ivy League and Six Additional Private Colleges and Universities
- California Institute of Technology and Nine Additional Private Research Universities
- Fordham University and Seven Additional Catholic Universities
- Amherst College and 36 Additional Private Colleges and Universities
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Appalachian State University and 35 Additional Colleges and Universities
- Houston Community College System
- Dean Robert Post, Yale Law School, and Dean Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
- President and Chancellors of the University of California
- State of California
- The State of New York, 13 Additional States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- National League of Cities and 16 Additional National Organizations, Higher Education Leaders, and Public Sector Leaders
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Boston Bar Association, 10 Additional Bar Associations, the City of Boston, EMC Corporation, National Grid USA, and 24 Law Firms
- College Board and 12 Additional Education Organizations
- American Council on Education and 39 Other Higher Education Organizations
- National Education Association and 27 of its Affiliated State Education Associations, AFL-CIO and its Affiliated National Unions, the Service Employees International Union, and People for the American Way Foundation
- National Association of Basketball Coaches, Women's Basketball Coaches Association, Black Coaches and Administrators Organization, and 43 Current and Former Basketball Coaches and Administrators
- 6 Constitutional Law Scholars and the Constitutional Accountability Center
- Association of American Medical Colleges and 29 Additional Healthcare Organizations
- Association of American Law Schools
- Society of American Law Teachers
- Law School Admission Council
- American Educational Research Association and Seven Additional Research Associations
- 11 Empirical Scholars
- 444 American Social Science Researchers
- Kimberly West-Faulcon, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- Dr. Robert D. Putnam, Harvard School of Government
- American Psychological Association
- 95 Experimental Psychologists
- 13 Social and Organizational Psychologists
- 16 Religious Organizations and Campus Ministries
- American Jewish Committee, Central Conference of American Rabbis, and Union for Reform Judaism
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 18 Additional Asian American and Pacific Islander Organizations, and 52 Higher Education Officials
- Asian American Center for Advancing Justice and 74 Additional Asian American and Pacific Islander Organizations
- NAACP, the Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches, and Barbara Bader Aldave
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the UT Black Student Alliance, and the Black Ex-Students of Texas, Inc.
- United Negro College Fund
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Anti-Defamation League
- Coalition of Black Male Achievement Initiatives
- Coalition of Four Bar Associations of Color
- 23 National Latino Organizations
- Advancement Project
- Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by any Means Necessary, and United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and 17 Additional Civil Rights Organizations
- Brennan Center for Law and Justice at NYU School of Law and the League of Women Voters of the United States
- National Women's Law Center and 23 Additional Civil Rights Organizations
- Five Human Rights Advocate Groups
- Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic
- American Association for Affirmative Action
- 28 Undergraduate and Graduate Student Organizations Within the University of California
- 35 Distinguished Alumni of UT-Austin
- 14 Former and Recent University of Texas Student Body Presidents
- United States Student Association
- National Black Law Students Association
- Council for Minority Affairs at Texas A&M University and Three Additional Student Organizations, and 167 Texas College Students for Diversity
- Harvard Graduate School of Education Students for Diversity
- David Boyle
- Emory OUTLaw and Emory Latin American Law Students Association
Briefs in Support of Petitioner
- Texas Association of Scholars
- The Center for Individual Rights
- The Honorable Allen B. West
- Mountain States Legal Foundation
- American Civil Rights Union
- California Association of Scholars, et al.
- Abigail Thernstrom, et al.
- Scholars of Economics and Statistics
- Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc.
- Current and Former Federal Civil Rights Officials
- Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation
- Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, et al.
- Asian American Legal Foundation and the Judicial Education Project
- The Cato Institute
- The American Center for Law and Justice
- Gail Heriot and other members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Pacific Legal Foundation, et al.
Briefs in Support of Neither Party