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
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decidedDate 1982-07-01
decisionDate 1982-07-01
dissentingOpinionBy John Paul Stevens
surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Lewis F. Powell Jr.
surface form: Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Warren E. Burger
surface form: Justice Warren E. Burger

William H. Rehnquist
surface form: Justice William H. Rehnquist
docketNumber 81-406
fullCaseName Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Byron R. White
surface form: Justice Byron R. White

Harry A. Blackmun
surface form: Justice Harry A. Blackmun

Thurgood Marshall
surface form: Justice Thurgood Marshall

William J. Brennan Jr.
surface form: 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 Sandra Day O’Connor
surface form: 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 (1996) majority opinion
surface form: 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 v. Hogan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mississippi University for Women, et al. v. Joe Hogan
Joe Hogan notableFor Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
Joe Hogan plaintiffIn Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan