Bias Suit Over Illinois Scholarships Dropped After New State Law

An anti-affirmative action group has agreed to dismiss its suit challenging an Illinois scholarship program after the state passed a law eliminating the program’s race-based qualifications.

The American Alliance for Equal Rights, a Texas-based group, filed a stipulation for dismissal Monday, citing the revised law.

The alliance’s suit claimed the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program discriminated against non-minority applicants. The case survived a motion to dismiss earlier this year when Judge Sara Darrow of the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois found that the single pseudonymous member named in the alliance’s complaint was enough to establish ...