Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College

600 U.S. 181 · Decided June 29, 2023 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College was decided on June 29, 2023 by a vote of 6–2. The Court reversed the lower court's decision. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Affirmative action” in the Civil Rights area. SCDB codes this decision as formally altering one or more of the Court's own precedents.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Supreme Court of the United States — docket 20-1199

Case details

How the Justices voted

Did not participate: Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Full case caption

Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College

SCDB identifiers: case 2022-009, docket 2022-009-01.

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