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Students for Fair Admissions v. United States Military Academy West Point

Emergency application for injunction pending appeal is denied on Feb. 2, 2024.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
23A696	S.D.N.Y	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2023

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should enjoin the U.S. Military Academy from using race as a factor in admissions decisions.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Justices turn away West Point admissions challenge (Amy Howe, February 2, 2024)
Government counters call to halt consideration of race in U.S. Military Academy admissions (Amy Howe, January 30, 2024)
Student group from Harvard and UNC cases seeks to block West Point from considering race in admissions (Amy Howe, January 27, 2024)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jan 26 2024	Application (23A696) for injunction pending appeal, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Jan 27 2024	Response to application (23A696) requested by Justice Sotomayor, due by 5pm (EST), Tuesday, January 30, 2024.
Jan 30 2024	Response to application from respondent United States Military Academy at West Point, et al. filed.
Jan 30 2024	Letter of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. submitted.
Jan 31 2024	Reply of applicant Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. filed.
Feb 02 2024	Application (23A696) referred to the Court.
Feb 02 2024	Application (23A696) for writ of injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied. The record before this Court is underdeveloped, and this order should not be construed as expressing any view on the merits of the constitutional question.