Federal Court Strikes Down Race- and Ethnicity-Based Programming Criteria
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/24
On March 5, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ordered the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) to cease using race or ethnicity as a basis for determining access to agency programming. Judge Mark T. Pittman’s opinion heavily relies on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), in which the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action student admissions policies of several universities....
By: McGuireWoods LLP