Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan

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Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a state-supported women-only nursing school policy as unconstitutional sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Equal Protection Clause case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
sex discrimination case ⓘ
areaOfLaw United States constitutional law ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
arguedDate 1982-03-22 ⓘ
citation 458 U.S. 718 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedDate 1982-07-01 ⓘ
decisionDate 1982-07-01 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ
linked to: John Paul Stevens

Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger

Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 81-406 ⓘ
fullCaseName Mississippi University for Women, et al. v. Joe Hogan ⓘ
holding A state-supported nursing school's women-only admissions policy violated the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Excluding men from a state-supported professional nursing program constituted unconstitutional sex discrimination ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Justice Byron R. White ⓘ
linked to: Byron R. White

Justice Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Harry A. Blackmun

Justice Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall

Justice William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Mississippi ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
legalIssue whether a state-supported single-sex admissions policy violates the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
legalPrinciple gender-based classifications must serve important governmental objectives and must be substantially related to achievement of those objectives ⓘ
state may not perpetuate stereotypes about the proper roles of men and women through gender-based classifications ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
partyTypePetitioner public university ⓘ
partyTypeRespondent male registered nurse ⓘ
petitioner Mississippi University for Women ⓘ
relatedDoctrine sex-based classifications under Equal Protection ⓘ
relatedTo Craig v. Boren ⓘ
United States v. Virginia ⓘ
respondent Joe Hogan ⓘ
result women-only admissions policy at Mississippi University for Women School of Nursing was struck down ⓘ
standardOfReview intermediate scrutiny ⓘ
subjectMatter gender discrimination in education ⓘ
public higher education admissions ⓘ
single-sex education ⓘ
USReportsPage 718 ⓘ
USReportsVolume 458 ⓘ
yearDecided 1982 ⓘ

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United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion → influencedBy → Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ⓘ
United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion → cites → Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ⓘ
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan → fullCaseName → Mississippi University for Women, et al. v. Joe Hogan ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
Joe Hogan → notableFor → Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ⓘ
Joe Hogan → plaintiffIn → Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ⓘ