21.   The case at issue arose from a lawsuit by four white applicants who were rejected by the University of Texas Law School.

22.   The case is named for plaintiff Cheryl Hopwood, who, along with three other white applicants, claimed they were passed over for less-qualified minorities.

23.   The city filed the request to terminate the decree after four rejected white applicants challenged its provisions.

24.   The department said the suit inolved discrimination against white male applicants for entry-level positions.

25.   The four rejected white applicants who brought the suit have appealed.

26.   The lawsuit was brought by Cheryl Hopwood and three other white applicants.

27.   The panel ruled that UT had wrongly discriminated against four white applicants by allowing lower test-score standards for blacks and Hispanics seeking admission.

28.   The policy in question, which created two separate ranking systems for white applicants and minority applicants, had already been dropped by the university.

29.   The ruling stipulated that the law school could no longer use an admissions procedure under which white applicants faced different standards than African-Americans and Mexican-Americans.

30.   The Universal City accountant is the lead plaintiff and one of four white applicants who have challenged the admissions policy of the University of Texas School of Law.