Bakke v. California

Allan Bakke, a white man, was denied admission to a medical school that had admitted black candidates with weaker academic credentials. He declared that this violated the Fourteenth Amendments Equal Protection Clause and The Civil Rights Act and Bakke claimed that he was a victim of racial discrimination.

The Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in only some circumstances. The state of California argued that they try to give all students an equal opportunity, while creating a diverse student body. Allen Bakke scored a 460/500 on the mcat which was a very difficult test and had a 3.51 gpa.

He wanted fair access to the resources he needed which was to go to medical school and succeed throughout his career. The medical school shut down its quota system, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which reviewed the case in 1978.