FAULKNER v. JONES

Shannon Richey FAULKNER; United States of America, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James E. JONES, Jr., Chairman, Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Carrol A. Campbell, Jr., Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; T. Easton Marchant, Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Barbara S. Nielsen, Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; William F. Prioleau, Jr., Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; William E. Jenkinson, III, Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Leonard C. Fulghum, Jr., Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; James M. Leland, Jr., Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; John A. McAllister, Jr., Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; David S. Boyd, Jr., Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Julian G. Frasier, III, Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; James W. Bradin, Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Larry J. Ferguson, Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Steve D. Peper, Member of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Wallace I. West, Jr., Director of Admissions and Recruiting at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; Claudius E. Watts, III, President of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, in their official capacities; State of South Carolina; the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina; the Board of Visitors of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, Defendants-Appellants. National Women's Law Center; American Association of University Women; California Women's Law Center; Center for Advancement of Public Policy; Center for Women Policy Studies; Clearinghouse on Women's Issues; Coalition of Labor Union Women; Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund; Equal Rights Advocates; Federally Employed Women, Incorporated; Feminist Majority Foundation; Human Rights Campaign Fund; Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; National Association of Girls & Women in Sports; National Association of Commissions for Women; National Council of Jewish Women; National Council of Negro Women, Incorporated; National Education Association; National Hook-up of Black Women, Incorporated; National Organization for Women; NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund; National Women's Party; National Women's Conference Committee; National Women's Political Caucus; Northwest Women's Law Center; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Wider Opportunities for Women; Women Employed; Women's Law Project; Women's Legal Defense Fund; Carol Gilligan, Ph.D.; Valerie E. Lee, Ed.D.; Diane S. Pollard, Ph.D.; Bernice Sandler, Ed.D.; Program on Gender, Science and Law at Columbia University School of Public Health, Amici Curiae.