When it comes to the Case Of Alyeska Pipeline Services Company V. Wilderness Society, Justia states that, “Under the "American Rule" that attorneys' fees are not ordinarily recoverable by the prevailing litigant in federal litigation in the absence of statutory authorization, respondents, which had instituted litigation to prevent issuance of...

The case, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke from 1978, was the first court ruling on affirmative Action. The University’s Medical School reserved 16 out of 100 spaces for students of color, thus allowing race to be a determining factor on college admission. The court’s decision was that...