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