The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the prestigious Yale University, accusing it of violating federal civil rights laws for "at least 50 years" by making admission decisions based on a candidates race, it was reported. The Department filed the lawsuit "on the grounds of race and national origin" on Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut. In a press release, it said the University "imposes undue and unlawful penalties on racially-disfavoured applicants, including in particular most Asian and White applicants". The University "injures applicants and students because Yale's race discrimination relies upon and reinforces damaging race-based stereotypes, including in particular such stereotypes against racially-favoured applicants". The lawsuit has also alleges that th University also engages in "racial balancing by, among other things, keeping the annual percentage of African-American admitted applicants to within one percentage point of the previous year's admitted class as reflected in US Department of Education data". (IANS)