Legal Opinion

Virginia Military Institute v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 24, 1993No. 92-1213PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Thomas took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Opinion of

Justice Scalia,

respecting the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari.

Whether it is constitutional for a State to have a men-only military school is an issue that should receive the attention of this Court before, rather than after, a national institution as venerable as the Virginia Military Institute is compelled to transform itself. This present petition, however, seeks our intervention before the litigation below has come to final judgment. The Court of Appeals…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Brothers & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  3. American Construction Co. v. Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Bangor & Aroostook RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. United States v. VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Holmes v. Honorable Court of Appeals for the Third DistrictCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  2. Gary Graham, Now Known as Shaka Sankofa v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
  3. United States v. Dennis L. Mitchell, United States of America v. Paul B. Campbell, A/K/A SoupCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
  4. Gary Graham v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  5. Faulkner v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993

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