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Cite as:  600 U. S. ____ (2023) 

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Opinion of the Court 

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 20–1199 and 21–707 
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20–1199 

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., 
PETITIONER 
v. 
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF 
HARVARD COLLEGE 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT 

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., 
PETITIONER 
v. 
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, ET AL. 

21–707 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED 
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

[June 29, 2023]

 CHIEF  JUSTICE  ROBERTS  delivered  the  opinion  of  the 

Court. 

In these cases we consider whether the admissions sys-
tems used by Harvard College and the University of North 
Carolina, two of the oldest institutions of higher learning in
the  United  States,  are  lawful  under  the  Equal  Protection 
Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

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A 

Founded  in  1636,  Harvard  College  has  one  of  the  most