Legal Opinion
Faulkner v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1993No. 93-2030PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Shannon R. Faulkner was conditionally admitted to The Citadel, a South Carolina state military college, to begin classes in the fall of 1993. When her female gender was discovered, however, The Citadel withdrew its acceptance in accordance with its 150-year-old policy of admitting only males. Faulkner then filed this suit to compel her admission, contending that the college’s policy of exclud*229ing females violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The district court issued a preliminary injunction ordering that…
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