In a 1997 decision, he struck down Proposition 209, the anti-affirmative action California initiative, as unconstitutional, but the next year a three-judge Court of Appeals panel overturned his decision.
He struck down Proposition 209 as unconstitutional. This was in a 1997 decision. Proposition 209 was the anti-affirmative action California initiative. Court of Appeals panel overturned his decision. This is what the next year a three-judge.