Bakke Case

What does Bakke Case mean in American Law?

The definition of Bakke Case in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A key case testing the constitutionally permissible scope of affirmative action. The case (Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978)), seems (there are several opinions, aggregating 150 pages, and none of them may safely be said to be “the court’s”) to have held that while state educational institutions may not (unless there is a finding of previous racial discrimination) admit applicants on the basis of racial quotas, they may take race into account as a positive factor in order to faciliate the admission of students from disadvantaged minority groups. See also Weber case.