Summary of Arguments in Amicus Briefs—Gratz

Amicus briefs filed IN SUPPORT OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN:
updated April 4, 2003

• 3M, et al. (Fortune 500 Corporations) (136K .pdf)*
  
  
• American Council on Education, et al. (3.1M .pdf)*
  
  
• American Educational Research Association, et al. (220K .pdf)*
  
  
• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) (352K .pdf)*
  
  
• American Jewish Committee, et al. (116K MSWord .doc)**
  
  
• American Psychological Association (220K .pdf)*
  
  
• Amherst College, et al. (1.3M .pdf)*
  
  
• Authors of the Ten Percent Plan (264K .pdf)*
  
  
• Bay Mills Indian Community, et al. (208K .pdf)*
  
  
• Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, Jr., et al.
  (Retired Military Leaders) (212K .pdf)*
  
  
• Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago (204K .pdf)*
  
  
• Carnegie Mellon University and 37 Fellow Private Colleges and Universities (308K .pdf)*
  
  
• Cities of Philadelphia and Cleveland, and the National Conference of Black Mayors 176K .pdf)*
  
  
• College Board (1.5M .pdf)*
  
  
• Columbia University, et al. (120K .pdf)*
  
  
• John Conyers and Other Members of Congress (332K .pdf)*
  
  
• General Motors Corporation (204K .pdf)*
  
  
• Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, et al., (3.8M .pdf)*
  
  
• Harvard University, et al. (464K .pdf)*
  
  
• Hayden Family (1M .pdf)*
  
  
• Howard University (116K .pdf)*
  
  
• Human Rights Advocates and University of Minnesota Human Rights Center (172K .pdf)*
  
  
• Latino Organizations (National Council of La Raza, et al.) (916K .pdf)*
  
  
• Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. (984K .pdf)*
  
  
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (828K .pdf)*
  
  
• MTV Networks (1.5M .pdf)*
  
  
• Massachusette Institute of Technology, et al. (156K MSWord .doc)**
  
  
• Media Companies (60K MSWord .doc)**
  
  
• Members of Congress (356K .pdf)*
  
  
• Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (2.2M .pdf)*
  
  
• National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC), et al. (184K MSWord .doc)**
  
  
• National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, et al. (N’COBRA) (92K MSWord .doc)**
  
  
• National School Boards Association, et al. (156K MSWord .doc)**
  
  
• National Urban League, et al. (248K .pdf)*
  
  
• NEA, its state affiliates, AFSCME and People For the American Way (356K .pdf)*
  
  
• New America Alliance (104K MSWord .doc)**
  
  
• New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, et al. (3.1M .pdf)*
  
  
• Northeastern University (80K .pdf)*
  
  
• NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. (5M .pdf)*
  
  
• Senators Thomas A. Daschle, et al. (2.1M .pdf)*
  
  
• Social Scientists Loury, et al. (92K .pdf)*
  
  
• State of Maryland, et al. (including 21 states and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands) (684K .pdf)*
  
  
• State of New Jersey (108K .pdf)*
  
  
• United Negro College Fund and Kappa Alpha Psi (256K .pdf)
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh, et al. (2M .pdf)*
  
  

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