IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
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JENNIFER GRATZ, et al.,

        Plaintiffs

v.

LEE BOLLINGER, et al.,

        Defendants,

-and-

EBONY PATTERSON, et al.,

Intervening Defendants
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)    Civil Action No. 97-75231
)    Hon. Patrick J. Duggan
)    Hon. Thomas A. Carlson
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DEFENDANTS’ RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
AS TO PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 and Local Rule 7.1, and for the reasons set forth in the attached Memorandum of Law, Defendants, Lee Bollinger, James Duderstadt, and the Regents of the University of Michigan, hereby renew their earlier motion for summary judgment as to Plaintiffs’ claims for injunctive and declaratory relief.

As is set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, there is no genuine issue of material fact at the close of extensive discovery. The record evidence in this case confirms that the state interest in achieving the educational benefits that flow from a racially and ethnically diverse student body is compelling and that the University of Michigan’s admissions program is entirely consistent with the standards that the Supreme Court set forth in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), for devising an admissions policy that considers race and ethnicity as one of many factors in selecting a student body.

Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(a), Defendants state that, on April 29, 1999, concurrence in their initial summary judgment motion and the relief sought therein was requested from plaintiff’s counsel and such concurrence was not granted.

Dated: July 15, 2000

Respectfully submitted,

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John H. Pickering
John Payton
Jane Sherburne
WILMER, CUTLER, & PICKERING
2445 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 663-6000

and

Philip Kessler
Leonard M. Niehoff
BUTZEL LONG
350 South Main Street
Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 213-3625

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this ______ day of July, 2000, I caused a copy of the foregoing Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment as to Plaintiffs’ Claims for Injunctive and Declaretory Relief to be served to be served, by courier, on:

 

David F. Herr, Esq.
Kirk O. Kolbo, Esq.
Maslon, Edelman,
Borman & Brand
300 Norwest Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Theodore M. Shaw, Esq.
Olatunde C.A. Johnson, Esq.
Melissa Woods, Esq.
NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10013

 

And by Federal Express on July 17th to:

Michael E. Rosman, Esq.
Hans F. Bader, Esq.
Center for Individual Rights
1233 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036

Godfrey J. Dillard
Milton R. Henry
Reginald M. Turner
Citizens for Affirmative’s Preservation
2500 Buhl Building
Detroit, MI 48226

 

Christopher A. Hansen
E. Vincent Warren
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

 

Kerry L. Morgan, Esq.
Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak
Suite 230, Superior Place
20300 Superior Street
Taylor, MI 48180

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Anne Harkavy
WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING
2445 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 663-6000

 

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’
RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
AS TO PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF

John H. Pickering
John Payton
Jane Sherburne
WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING
2445 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 663-6000

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS

DATE: July 15, 2000

Philip J. Kessler, P15921
Leonard M. Niehoff, P36695
BUTZEL LONG
350 South Main Street, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 213-3625



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