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Abigail Fisher Case Summary
Abigail N. Fisher, a Caucasian female, applied for undergraduate admission at the University of Texas in 2008. The university denied Fisher’s application.
Fisher filed suit against the university and other related defendants, stating that the university of Texas’ use of race as a consideration in admission decisions was in violation of the equal protection of the fourteenth amendment.
This caused the business at the University of Texas to decline due to racial tension. Employees, teachers, and students didn’t want to work in an environment that discriminated people because of their ethnic group.
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