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UNC campus, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo

The University of North Carolina agreed to pay $4.8 million to cover the fees and expenses for a group founded by affirmative action critic Edward Blum that won a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the school’s consideration of race in student admissions, Nate Raymond reports. Read more about the agreement.

The university disclosed those details in response to a public records request by Reuters seeking information on how much it agreed to pay to settle the fee demand by Students for Fair Admissions. Under a federal law called the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Award Act of 1976, courts are authorized to award plaintiffs who prevail in certain civil rights cases reasonable attorneys’ fees.

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