A federal lawsuit accuses the University of California of illegally considering race when accepting new students, alleging that the system’s long-term growth of Black and Latino enrollment would not be possible under a state law prohibiting the use of race in admissions and a Supreme Court ruling that struck down affirmative action.

This post was updated Feb. 4 at 10:30 p.m. A group opposing affirmative action filed a lawsuit Monday against the UC alleging that the University gave preference in admissions to Hispanic and Black applicants.

A lawsuit filed this week accuses the University of California of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Latino students over Asian American and

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) –A lawsuit filed Monday in federal district court alleges that the University of California illegally considered race in undergraduate admissions, giving preference to “non-Asian racial minorities,