Cheryl hopwood biography

          The first successful legal challenge to a university's affirmative action policy in student admissions since Regents of the University of California v.

        1. In , Cheryl J. Hopwood, a white female, applied for admission to the University of Texas School of Law, and was rejected.
        2. She became a certified public accountant and took care of a severely handicapped baby daughter who was born with a rare muscular disease.
        3. The lead plaintiff in that case was a woman by the name of Cheryl Hopwood.
        4. Cheryl Hopwood who was denied admission to a Texas law school, even Hopwood took her case to court, arguing the schools affirmative.

          5. She became a certified public accountant and took care of a severely handicapped baby daughter who was born with a rare muscular disease.!

          Hopwood v. Texas

          1996 U.S. court case

          Hopwood v.

          Texas

          CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
          Full case name Cheryl J. Hopwood, et al v. State of Texas, et al
          DecidedMarch 18, 1996
          Citations78 F.3d932; 64 USLW 2591; 107 Ed.

          Law Rep. 552

          Prior history861 F. Supp.551 (W.D. Tex. 1994)
          Subsequent historyAbrogated by Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S.306 (2003), itself abrogated by Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.

          v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199, 600 U.S.

          Born in in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, she studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), then went on to apprentice in repertory.

          ___ (2023).

          Judges sittingJerry Edwin Smith, Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., Harold R. DeMoss Jr.
          MajoritySmith, joined by DeMoss
          ConcurrenceWiener
          Equal Protection Clause

          Hopwood v.

          Texas, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996),[1] was the first successful legal challenge to a university's affirmative action policy in student admissions since Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.[2] In