A federal lawsuit accuses the University of California of illegally considering race when accepting new students, alleging that the system’s long-term growth of Black and Latino enrollment would not be possible under a state law prohibiting the use of race in admissions and a Supreme Court ruling that struck down affirmative action.

The University of California system was sued on Monday by a student group for alleged racial discrimination in admissions by favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over Asian-American and white applicants.

A lawsuit filed Monday against the University of California campus system accused the schools of illegally discriminating against white and Asian applicants. The complaint brought by Students Against Racial Discrimination said the UC system broke civil rights laws by giving an advantage to black and Hispanic applicants on the basis of their race.