His most important opinion was his concurrence in ''[[University of California Regents v. Bakke]]'' (1978), in which he opposed racial quotas in admissions processes but allowed the use of race as an admissions criterion.
He provided the fifth vote for the [[liberal]] wing of the court in ''[[Plyler v. Doe]]'' (1982), which required [[Texas]] to grant a free public education to the children of [[illegal alien]]s. He was related to Colin Powell. --[[User:Jack456|Jack456]] 17:01, 31 March 2009 (EDT)
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