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  Regents of the University of California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The majority (18 Regents) are appointed by the Governor of California for 12-year terms.
As with other public university systems nationwide, the board of regents is treated as the real party in interest for all purposes under California law.
This is peculiar because most corporations (especially private ones) are treated by the law as a legal entity separate from their boards and employees, and lawsuits against them are addressed to the corporation or university itself, not its board of directors or trustees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California   (258 words)

  
 The Regents of the University of California
Regents and Officers of the University of California
The University of California is governed by The Regents, a 26-member board, as established under Article IX, Section 9 of the California Constitution.
The board appoints the President of the University and the principal officers of The Regents: the General Counsel, the Treasurer, and the Secretary.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu /regents   (67 words)

  
 Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
This case presents a challenge to the special admissions program of the petitioner, the Medical School of the University of California at Davis, which is designed to assure the admission of a specified number of students from certain minority groups....
The experience of other university admissions programs, which take race into account in achieving the educational diversity valued by the First Amendment, demonstrates that the assignment of a fixed number of places to a minority group is not a necessary means toward that end.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/bakke.html   (5409 words)

  
 The Regents of the University of California
Parsky is Chairman of The Regents for 2005-06.
Lieutenant Governor of California and ex officio Regent, 1999-present; Served as an Assemblyman from the 31st district from 1993 to 1998 and served as Speaker of the Assembly from December 1996 to February 1998.
Faculty Representative to The Regents, September 1, 2005 - September 1, 2007, and Vice Chair of the Universitywide Academic Senate of the University of California; Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis; B.A., degree from the University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Yale University.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu /regents/regbios/welcome.html   (937 words)

  
 University of California Regents v. Bakke - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about University of California Regents v. ...
The case was a challenge to an affirmative action programme designed to remedy racial inequality in the University of California Medical School, Davis.
Allan Bakke, a white applicant denied admission to the school, sued the university on grounds of racial discrimination.
University of California Hastings College of the Law
encyclopedia.farlex.com /University+of+California+Regents+v.+Bakke   (210 words)

  
 University of California
Now before the Court are the motion of plaintiff Associated Students of the University of California at Riverside ("ASUCR") for summary adjudication and the cross-motion for summary adjudication of defendants Regents of the University of California and C. Judson King ("the Regents").
The Regents contend that the Smith court could not have intended to hold that funding is permissible if an opportunity for a refund or a prepayment deduction is provided because such a holding would be inconsistent with the court's conclusion that student government lobbying is not educational.
The Regents' argument is unpersuasive because it misinterprets the Smith decision.
www.nacua.org /documents/UniversityOfCalifornia.htm   (1505 words)

  
 The Regents of the University of California
The student Regent is a full voting member of The Regents of the University of California, attending all meetings of the Board and its Committees and serving a one-year term commencing July 1.
The powers and authorities of The Regents are broadly established in the Constitution of the State of California and are reflected in Bylaw 5 of The Regents of the University of California.
All mandatory University fees and tuition are waived for the student Regent during the academic years in which he or she serves as a Regent-designate and as a member of the Board.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu /regents/studentreg.html   (202 words)

  
 A Look at the Regents of the University of California
The university shall be entirely independent of all political or sectarian influence and kept free therefrom in the appointment of its regents and in the administration of its affairs...
Leach was appointed as a Regent in 1990.
Finally, the President of the University and the statewide bureaucracy under his command would now be appointed by and serve the functions specified by the Council of Chancellors, thus becoming the servant of the campuses rather than their boss.
socrates.berkeley.edu /~schwrtz/regents.html   (5465 words)

  
 Regents of the University of California v Bakke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The medical school of the University of California at Davis opened its doors in the fall of 1968, and in its first two years it admitted only three minority students, all of whom were of Asian descent.
The Regents of the University desired an increase in the number of ethnic and racial minority students admitted into its medical program; therefore, it bifurcated the admissions process to include a “Special Admissions” program that would co-exist with, but be somewhat independent of, its conventional admissions process.
His adversary, the University of California at Davis, contends that there is no private action within Title VI, and enforcement comes in the form of administrative reduction in budgetary appropriations for programs deemed to offend the provisions of the law (Regents v Bakke, Powell’s Opinion, Section II A).
udel.edu /~cfitzger/Bakke.html   (4295 words)

  
 HAMILTON et al. v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al.
California, and the University of California, are bound by that treaty.
university, but with leave to apply for readmission at any time, conditioned upon their ability and willingness to comply with all applicable regulations of the university governing the matriculation and attendance of students.
But by the California constitution the regents are, with exceptions not material here, fully empowered in respect of the organization and government of the university, which, as it has been held, is a constitutional department or function of the state government.
www.guncite.com /court/fed/sc/293us245.html   (2876 words)

  
 Regents of the University of California v. Bakke on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. [Regents of the University of California v.
War on the SAT: with affirmative action rolled back, University of California President Richard Atkinson wants to ditch the controversial standardized test as the be-all, end-all of college admissions.
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www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/RegentsU1.asp   (495 words)

  
 University of California Office of the President
The Office of the President is the systemwide headquarters of the University of California.
Private support is essential to the University of California's ability to maintain the high level of excellence and growth it is now experiencing...
Governor addresses Regents on state funding, importance of UC to California.
www.ucop.edu   (225 words)

  
 BACKGROUNDER ON THE COURT JUDGEMENT OF THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. BAKKE CASE
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. Justice Powell announced the judgement of the Court.
Without passing on the state constitutional or the federal statutory grounds cited in the trial court's judgement, the California court held that the Equal Protection Clause required that "no applicant may be rejected because of his race, in favor of another who is less qualified, as measured by standards applied without regard to race."...
Although a university must have a wide discretion in making the sensitive judgements as to who should be admitted, constitutional limitations protecting individual rights may not be disregarded.
usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/facts/democrac/41.htm   (3190 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Supreme Court of California transferred the case directly from the trial court, "because of the importance of the issues involved." 18 Cal. 3d 34, 39, 553 P.2d 1152, 1156 (1976).
Respondent, on the other hand, contends that the California court correctly rejected the notion that the degree of judicial scrutiny accorded a particular racial or ethnic classification hinges upon membership in a discrete and insular minority and duly recognized that the "rights established [by the Fourteenth Amendment] are personal rights." Shelley v.
[438 U.S. Yick Wo, "are universal in their application, to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." 118 U.S., at 369.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=438&invol=265   (14913 words)

  
 Californians for Scientific Integrity v. The Regents of the University of California
Plaintiff stated: "It is plaintiff' s position that the use of University resources to lobby the public or those elected by the public, to participate in grassroots lobbying or the encouragement of others to lobby, and the use of University resources for private political activities constitutes a violation of law.
The University asserted that plaintiff' s second cause of action was duplicative of the first since Code of Civil Procedure section 526a did not create a cause of action but merely provided a remedy.
The status of University of California, San Francisco is unclear.
www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/supremecourt/appeal00/c028522.html   (2958 words)

  
 Fiduciary Duty of Researchers - the Spleen Case - Moore v. Regents of University of California, 793 P.2d 479 (Cal. 1990)
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 793 P.2d 479 (Cal 1990)
As we have already discussed, the existence of a motivation for a medical procedure unrelated to the patient's health is a potential conflict of interest and a fact material to the patient's decision.
Accordingly, it is clear under California law that a patient has the right, prior to the removal of an organ, to control the use to which the organ will be put after removal.
biotech.law.lsu.edu /cases/consent/Moore_v_Regents.htm   (16809 words)

  
 Regents v. Bakke
The Supreme Court of California affirmed those portions of the trial court's judgment declaring the special admissions program unlawful and enjoining petitioner from considering the race of any applicant.* It modified that portion of the judgment denying respondent's requested injunction and directed the trial court to order his admission.
The Supreme Court of California transferred the case directly from the trial court, "because of the importance of the issues involved." 18 Cal. 3d 34, 39, 553 P. 2d 1152, 1156 (1976).
The guarantees of equal protection, said the Court in Yick Wo, "are universal in their application, to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." 118 U.S., at 369.
www.tourolaw.edu /patch/Regents   (16089 words)

  
 ThisNation.com--Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v.
The Supreme Court of California transferred the case directly from the trial court, "because of the importance of the issues involved." 18 Cal.3d 34, 39, 132 Cal.Rptr.
An otherwise qualified medical student with a particular background--whether it be ethnic, geographic, culturally advantaged or disadvantaged--may bring to a professional school of medicine experiences, outlooks, and ideas that enrich the training of its student body and better equip its graduates to render with understanding their vital service to humanity.
www.thisnation.com /library/bakke.html   (11108 words)

  
 Background Summary and Questions***, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Landmark Supreme Court Cases
The University of California appealed the case to the Supreme Court of California, which also declared the special admissions policy unconstitutional.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court of California determined that Bakke should be admitted to the school because the University failed to demonstrate that Bakke would not have been admitted without the special admissions program.
The Regents of the University of California then appealed the case to the Supreme Court of the United States.
www.landmarkcases.org /bakke/background3.html   (704 words)

  
 Brief of Regents of the University of California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The University of California's mission is to "provide undergraduate and graduate instruction in the liberal arts and sciences and the professions." Cal. Educ.
Further, the University is a party to a suit, Regents of the University of California v.
The legal status of the University within the structure of the State of California government is more specifically explained in the brief amicus curiae in support of the petition for a writ of certiorari submitted in the companion case of Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v.
www.collegesavings.com /law/law032499acruc.html   (5258 words)

  
 Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
438 U.S. Regents of the University of California v.
The Medical School of the University of California at Davis (hereinafter Davis) had two admissions programs for the entering class of 100 students -- the regular admissions program and the special admissions program.
The California Supreme Court, applying a strict scrutiny standard, concluded that the special admissions program was not the least intrusive means of achieving the goals of the admittedly compelling state interests of integrating the medical profession and increasing the number of doctors willing to serve minority patients.
supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0438_0265_ZS.html   (946 words)

  
 BSD license article - BSD license license software UNIX Regents the University California University - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The owner of the original BSD distribution was the "Regents of the University of California".
This is because BSD originally came from the University of California, Berkeley.
Versions of the current BSD template (and the older version with the "advertising clause", see below) are often used by other organizations.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/BSD_License   (500 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Court Case (Court Cases) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Regents of the University of California v.
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The Court also held, however, that the use of quotas in such affirmative action programs was not permissible; thus the Univ. of California, Davis, medical school had, by maintaining a 16% minority quota, discriminated against Allan Bakke, 1940–, a white applicant.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RegentsU.html   (263 words)

  
 Bakke v. Regents of University of California, Busing Ch7 page-113   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The evidence of the petitions also shows the increasing extent of opposition to busing, and should be admissible on the theory that the trial court, in acting in a legislative role as to mandatory assignments, should take it into account.
Regents of University of California, 18 Cal.3d 34 (1976), the California Supreme Court upheld the objection of Bakke that the actions excluding him from U.C. Davis' medical school, solely on account of his Caucasian race, violated his constitutional rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Upon appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Powell, in the decisive opinion in University of California Regents v.
www.enstrom-foundation.org /Book/Ch7/Ch7-p113.html   (347 words)

  
 Regents of The University of California Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ Karr.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Regents of The University of California Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ Karr.net
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 Resolution Adopted by the Regents of the University of California on April 21, 1950
The Regents of the University of California confirm and emphasize their policy designed to bar members of the Communist Party from employment by the University as members of the faculty or otherwise, as embodied in various statements and resolutions including those of October 11, 1940 and June 24, 1949, which policy is hereby reaffirmed.
The Regents have on various occasions indicated that an alternative affirmation would be accepted from the latter group if in form approved by the Regents.
The Secretary of the Regents shall promptly mail to all faculty members and employees of the University new letters of acceptance of appointment for the academic year 1949-50, containing the text of the provision set forth above, and accompanied by the text of the constitutional oath of office of the State of California.
sunsite.berkeley.edu /uchistory/archives_exhibits/loyaltyoath/symposium/resolution.html   (564 words)

  
 MOORE v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The plaintiff is John Moore (Moore), who underwent treatment for hairy-cell leukemia at the Medical Center of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA Medical Center).
By restricting how excised cells may be used and requiring their eventual destruction, the statute eliminates so many of the rights ordinarily attached to property that one cannot simply assume that what is left amounts to "property" or "ownership" for purposes of conversion law.
First, with the exception of defendants' patent none of the material in question is part of the record on appeal as defined by the California Rules of Court.
www.richmond.edu /~wolf/moore.htm   (9833 words)

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