Smith v. University of Washington

392 F.3d 367 Katuria E. SMITH; Angela Rock; Michael Pyle, for themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Law School; Madrid; Richard Kummert; Michael Townsend; Roland Hjorth, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-35676. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 11, 2004. Filed December 20, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Michael Rosman and Hans F. Bader, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C.; and Steven Hemmat, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Michael Madden, and Bruce W. Megard, Jr., Bennett, Bigelow & Leedom, P. S., Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-00335-TSZ. Before: D.W. NELSON, KLEINFELD, and FISHER, Circuit Judges. FISHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs Katuria Smith, Angela Rock and Michael Pyle are white Washington residents who claim that the University of Washington Law School (the "Law School") rejected their applications because of the Law School's unconstitutional consideration of race and ethnicity as factors in its…