BAKKE DECISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bakke decision mean? 

• BAKKE DECISION (noun)
  The noun BAKKE DECISION has 1 sense:

1. a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy

  Familiarity information: BAKKE DECISION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAKKE DECISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

opinion; ruling (the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)