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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case brought against Boston Latin byJulia McLaughlin successfully challenged theschool's policy of setting aside 35 percent of allseats for blacks and Hispanics--no longer mandatedby the federal court after...
...Committee, the ruling board of Boston's public school system, will appeal the Nov. 19 federal court ruling declaring Boston Latin School's admissions policies unconstitutional. The policies based on test scores, grades and race were devised in consultation with Harvard Professors of Law Christopher F. Edley Jr. and Charles J. Ogletree...
...Supreme Court accepts the Committee'sappeal, it would be the first time the nation'shighest Constitutional defenders hear a publicschool affirmative action case. But some fear thatBoston Latin's policy is not strong enough toclinch a victory for affirmative action in thistest case...
...Boston Latin, the most prestigious of threeselective examination schools in Boston, has beenbattling complaints about its admissions policyfor three years...
McLauglin, a white student initially deniedadmission by Boston Latin, claimed blacks andHispanics with lower test scores and grades hadbeen admitted instead of her to fill racialquotas. The University of California v.Bakke decision had deemed racial quotasunconstitutional...