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MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN v. HOGAN

No. 81-406.

458 U.S. 718 (1982)

MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN ET AL. v. HOGAN.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided July 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter M. Gholson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Bill Attain, Attorney General of Mississippi, and Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Assistant Attorney General.

Wilbur O. Colom argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was W. Wayne Drinkwater, Jr.*

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.

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The facts are not in dispute. In 1884, the Mississippi Legislature created the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College for the Education...

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