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· 2/27/1942

McCoy v. City of New York

Citations

  • 263 A.D. 950
  • 33 N.Y.S.2d 819
  • 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7551

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[W]here benign or malign discrimination is practiced ... judicial vigilance and intervention, however undesirable, are required.”
  • there is no reason to distinguish between requirements for entry or completion of study
  • found reverse discrimination is constitutional in proper circumstances, but the court did not consider the circumstances before it because plaintiff failed to show he would have been admitted absent racial preference
  • strict scrutiny test not satisfied
  • strict scrutiny test not satisfied

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