| NOUN | act | Bakke decision | a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action |
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| Meaning | A ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Instance of | opinion, ruling | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) |
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