The University of Michigan's “points system” of undergraduate affirmative action violated the Equal Protection Clause. Decided alongside Grutter v. Bollinger, which held constitutional the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action program. Decided June 23, 2003 (argued April 1, 2003). Opinion of the Court: William Rehnquist → go there Dissenting: Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg. Applied: the Fourteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Discrimination based on race and ethnicity. Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the University of Michigan undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy. In a 6–3 decision announced on June 23, 2003, Chief Justice Rehnquist, writing for the Court, ruled the University's point system's "predetermined point allocations" that awarded 20 points towards admission to underrepresented minorities "ensures that the diversity contributions of applicants cannot be individually assessed" and was therefore unconstitutional. It was the companion case to Grutter v. Bollinger. Wiki link