 "Similarly in Smith v. Virginia Commonwealth University" CIR represented a high school student banned from attending a summer journalism workshop when it was determined he was white.In "Tompkins v. Alabama State University" CIR represented a black student challenging an all-white scholarship at a traditionally black university.In another case that reached the Supreme Court, CIR participated in the voting rights case of "Reno v. Bossier Parish" in which the Department of Justice refused to provide pre-clearance for a state redistricting plan which expanded minority districts because the DOJ felt even more minority districts could be created.