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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.

 

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