No. 11-345 ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States --------------------------------- --------------------------------- ABIGAIL NOEL FISHER, Petitioner, v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, et al., Respondents. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit --------------------------------- --------------------------------- BRIEF OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGISTS AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS --------------------------------- --------------------------------- RACHEL D. GODSIL STUART BANNER SETON HALL LAW SCHOOL Counsel of Record One Newark Center JERRY KANG Newark, NJ 07102 UCLA SUPREME COURT CLINIC UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 (310) 206-8506
[email protected] Counsel for Amici Curiae ================================================================ COCKLE LAW BRIEF PRINTING CO. (800) 225-6964 OR CALL COLLECT (402) 342-2831 i QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Equal Protection Clause permits the University of Texas to consider applicants’ race as one of the many factors that go into the university’s ad- missions decisions. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page QUESTION PRESENTED................................... i TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ................................. iii INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE.......................... 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT .............................. 1 ARGUMENT ........................................................ 3 I.