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Home > Cases > Federal District Courts >
Doe v. Department
of Health and Human Services Civ. No. 97-091 (S.D. Tex. filed Feb. 14, 1997).
Issue: Civil Rights; Equal Protection.
Action: Challenged exclusion of Caucasian youth from minorities-only
summer study program funded in part by the National Institute of Health
and Texas A&M University.
Status: Victory. Case settled prior to trial for a total of $67,000 in damages and attorneys' fees and an agreement by the federal defendants not to use the program funds at issue to support race-preferential programs in the future.
The Complaint (February 14, 1997)
CIR press release (Feb. 24, 1997)
"Whites Need Not Apply," (Editorial) Wall Street Journal, Mar. 6, 1997. Last revised: 23-Sep-2004 
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