Regents+of+the+U.+of+California+v.+Bakke+(1978)

//Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 u.s. 256 (1978) was a landmark decicion by the Supreme Court of the United states. It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admissions.media type="custom" key="23784596"// After twice being rejected from U.C.-Davis's medical school, he brought suit in state court. The California Supreme Court struck down the program as violative of the rights of white applicants and ordered Bakke admitted. The U.S. Supreme Court accepted the case amid wide public attention.