DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1996
Court Decisions

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action in College Admissions
• University of Texas v. Cheryl Hopwood et al.
• Decision not to review 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ban of racial quotas for college admissions
• Directly affects Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana
• Supreme Court Decision (Case Western Reserve)
  • Short statement denying petition for writ of certiorari
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions
  • Decision Affirming Lower Court (May 11, 1994)
  • Affirmation of Previous Decision (March 18, 1996)
• University of California v. Bakke (Cornell)
  • Text and syllabus of 1978 Supreme Court decision allowing racial quotas in college admissions
  • Full citation for printed Supreme Court Decisions is 438 U.S. 265
Proposition 209 (California)
• Proposition 209 (Smart Voter)
  • Full text of proposal which prohibits California discrimination or preferential treatment
  • State legislative analysis and articles in San Jose Mercury News
• Election Results (Politics Now)

Congressional District Boundaries

The Supreme Court issued two decisions on June 13, 1996 making gerrymandering for racial representation purposes illegal
Bush, Governor of Texas, v. VERA
• Syllabus
• Opinion
Shaw v. Hunt, Governor of North Carolina
• Syllabus
• Opinion

CoursePacks Case

Princeton University Press v. Michigan Documents Service
Ruling by Sixth Circuit Court that photocopying for coursepacks violates fair copyright use
Decision dated November 8, 1996

Gay Civil Rights

Non-Discrimination in Employment Bill (S.2056)
Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bills
• Text of S. 1740
• Text of H.R. 3396
• Connect to THOMAS for status and debates
Supreme Court Decision: Romer, Colorado v. Evans
• Syllabus
• Opinion
• Dissenting Opinion

Physician-Assisted Suicide

Clinton Administration Position
• Politics Now news coverage of a Justice Department brief dated November 13, 1996
Compassion in Dying v. Washington
• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 9th District, ruling of March 1996
• Overturns Washington State ban against assisted suicide
Jack Kevorkian
• Acquittal, March 1996
  • Court TV summary of Jack Kevorkian's acquittal for two physician-assisted deaths on March 8, 1996
• Detroit News Archive
  • Search Detroit News since August 1995 by keyword for additional stories
Oregon Death with Dignity Act
• Act being challenged in U.S. Supreme Court, 1996/97
Quill v. Vacco
• Ruling by U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, struck down New York's assisted suicide law in April 1996
• Concurring Opinion
• Law Journal Extra article
Search Alta Vista
• Use terms such as "assisted suicide" to identify web sites with varying viewpoints

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