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Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan 458 U.S. 718

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan (No. 81-406) 458 U.S. 718

458 U.S. 718 | 1982-07-01

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan

458 U.S. 718

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan (No. 81-406)

Argued: March 22, 1982
Decided: July 1, 1982

Opinion

O'CONNOR, J., Opinion of the Court

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the narrow issue of whether a state statute that excludes males from enrolling in a state-supported professional nursing school violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

I

The facts are not in dispute. In 1884, the Mississippi Legislature created the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College [p720] for the Education of White Girls of the State of...