eBook details
- Title: Defunis V. Odegaard
- Author : Supreme Court of Washington
- Release Date : January 12, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
Description
In DeFunis v. Odegaard, 82 Wash. 2d 11, 507 P.2d 1169 (1973), the minority admissions policy of the law school of the University of Washington was challenged upon equal protection grounds. We upheld the policy. Marco DeFunis, Jr. (hereafter referred to as plaintiff), sought review of our decision by the United States Supreme Court. Plaintiff's petition for certiorari was granted. Following submission of the cause, the Supreme Court determined that the controversy as between the parties had become moot, vacated our judgment, and remanded the cause to this court. The per curiam opinion rendered by the Supreme Court on April 23, 1974, reads in part as follows: