Prop. 209 “imposes unique political burdens on minorities” and violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection, Brown’s lawyers from the attorney general’s office told the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, which will hear arguments Feb. 13. The suit was filed in 2010 by 46 minority students and an advocacy group. Brown was originally a defendant, but he has switched sides, joining the plaintiffs, who are seeking to allow consideration of race in admissions at the University of California.

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by Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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