FW: United States Supreme Court News 11/29/99

[Volokh, Eugene]

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kouris
To: Multiple recipients of list
Sent: 11/29/99 9:53 PM
Subject: United States Supreme Court News  11/29/99

___________________________________________________________

United States Supreme Court News                           11/29/99
Willamette Law Online - Willamette University College of Law
____________________________________________________________

On 11/29/99 the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the 5
cases summarized below and decided the following case per curiam:
____________________________________________________________

PER CURIAM DECISION
____________________________________________________________

Texas v. Lesage
No. 98-1111
Full text: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/98-1111.ZPC.html

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

The United States Supreme Court, in a per curiam decision, held that
when a plaintiff challenges a discrete governmental decision as being based
on an impermissible criterion and it is undisputed that the government would
have made the same decision regardless, there is no cognizable injury
warranting relief under 42 USC s 1983.  Lesage, an African immigrant of
Caucasian descent, applied for admission to the Ph.D. program in psychology
at the University of Texas' Department of Education for the 1996-1997 year.