Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan | |
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Argued March 22, 1982 Decided July 1, 1982 | |
Full case name | Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan |
Citations | 458 U.S. 718 (more) 102 S. Ct. 3331; 73 L. Ed. 2d 1090; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 157; 50 U.S.L.W. 5068; 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 32,868 |
Case history | |
Prior | Cert. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Holding | |
The exclusion of men from enrollment in Mississippi University for Women's nursing school violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | O'Connor, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Stevens |
Dissent | Burger |
Dissent | Blackmun |
Dissent | Powell, joined by Rehnquist |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan, 458 U.S. 718 (1982), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, decided 5–4, which ruled that the single-sex admissions policy of the Mississippi University for Women violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1][2][3]