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New Developments

2003

• Statement by Dean Bill Powers Regarding Grutter v. Bollinger

2002

• UT Law's African-American Enrollment Jumps 31%; Mexican-American Enrollment, 26%
• Hispanic Business Magazine Names UT Law Best for Hispanics

2001

• CHLSA Students Attend National Latino Law Students Conference
• UT will not appeal Hopwood ruling
• UT Law Reaction (11/27/01)
• 'Hispanic Business' ranks UT Law No. 1 (Daily Texan)
• UT Law Ranked #1 Law School for Hispanics
• Time Magazine: UT Law #1 in Reaching out to students of all Backgrounds
• UT Law Announces San Antonio Partnership
• The University of Texas School of Law Reaction to the District Court Ruling (7/27)
• University Statement (6/25)
• University of Texas Law School Reaction (6/25)

About Hopwood

• Hopwood v. Texas timeline
• How affirmative action worked at the University of Texas School of Law
• Minority Enrollment in the Law School
• The Effects of Hopwood
• State population v. UT Law population
• UT Law leads nation in private initiatives for recruiting minority students
• Conclusions of Law from Hopwood v. Texas
• Specific Court findings in Hopwood v. Texas
• Preface to forthcoming Hopwood v. Texas volume

Pleadings Online

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Hopwood v. Texas

UT Response to Fee Petitions (Aug. 13, 2001) PDF format

Plaintiffs' Joint Status Report (Aug. 3, 2001) PDF format

District Court Order (July 31, 2001) PDF format

Plaintiffs' Fee Petition (July 24, 2001) PDF format

UT Proposed Plan for Proceeding on Remand (July 20, 2001) PDF format

District Court Order (July 24, 2001) PDF format

Brief for Cheryl J. Hopwood and Douglas W. Carvell in Opposition (May 21, 2001) PDF format

Brief for Respondents Elliot and Rogers in Opposition (May 21, 2001) PDF format

Brief of Amici Curiae the Association of American Law Schools, The American Council on Education, the Law School Admission Council and the Graduate Management Admission Council in Support of Petitioners (April 17, 2001) PDF format

Brief of Amicus Curiae of Texas Law School Deans in Support of Petitioner's Requst for Grant of Writ of Certiorari (April 17, 2001) PDF format

Reply to Brief in Opposition (June 5, 2001) PDF Format | WordPerfect format

Petition for Writ of Certiorari (April 17, 2001)    PDF format | WordPerfect format

Motion for Stay of Mandate Pending Certiorari Review filed by the Office of the Texas Attorney General
(January 23, 2001) docket no. 98-5056    PDF format | WordPerfect format

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinion
(Dec. 21, 2000) docket no. 98-5056    PDF format | HTML format

Attorney General John Cornyn opinion re: effect of Hopwood v. Texas, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996), on the use of race or ethnicity as a factor in matters of student financial assistance; reconsideration of Attorney General Letter Opinion 97-001.
(September 3, 1999) Opinion No. JC-0107    PDF format | HTML format

Reply Brief and Brief in Opposition of Plaintiff-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Hopwood and Carvell
(May 17, 1999) docket no. 98-5056    HTML format

Reply Brief of Plaintiffs Elliott and Rogers
(May 17, 1999) docket no. 98-5056    PDF format

Brief of the State of Texas, et al.
(April 19, 1999) docket no. 98-5056    WordPerfect format / PDF format / HTML format

Petition for En Banc Consideration
(April 19, 1999) docket no. 98-5056    WordPerfect format / PDF format

Brief for Plaintiffs-appellants-Cross-Appellees Hopwood and Carvell
(March 22, 1999) docket no. 98-5056    PDF format / HTML format

Principal Brief of Plaintiffs Elliott and Rogers
(March 20, 1999) docket nos. 98-5056 & 98-50513
PDF format only: entire brief or as two smaller files Part 1 and Part 2

Memorandum Opinion,   March 20, 1998
US District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division
Cheryl J. Hopwood, Douglas W. Carvell, Kenneth R. Elliott, and David A. Rogers v. State of Texas, et al.
Docket number A 92 CA 563 SS

Judgment,   March 20, 1998
US District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division
Cheryl J. Hopwood, Douglas W. Carvell, Kenneth R. Elliott, and David A. Rogers v. State of Texas, et al.
Docket number A 92 CA 563 SS

United States District Court's Decision,  Aug. 19, 1994    (Plain ASCII Text)

Appellee's Brief to the Court of Appeals,   February 10, 1995

Court of Appeals Decisions

Opinion denying Motions to Intervene,   May 11, 1994
Hopwood v. Texas v. Thurgood Marshall Legal Society and Black Pre-Law Association
Opinion Reversing and Remanding,    March 18, 1996
Hopwood v. Texas v. Thurgood Marshall Legal Society and Black Pre-Law Association
Dissent from failure to grant rehearing en banc

Supreme Court's Decision on Petition for Writ of Certiorari,   July 1, 1996

Texas Attorney General's Opinion on Hopwood,   February 5, 1997

There are many more items available on Reserve in the Tarlton Law Library Reserve Room - fourth floor) -- see the List of Hopwood Materials on Reserve