Legal Opinion
United States v. Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 3, 1996No. 94-1941PublishedCited by 898 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Virginia’s public institutions of higher learning include an incomparable military college, Virginia Military Institute (VMI). The United States maintains that the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee precludes Virginia from reserving exclusively to men the unique educational opportunities VMI affords. We agree.
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Founded in 1839, VMI is today the sole single-sex school among Virginia’s 15 public institutions of higher learning. VMI’s distinctive mission is to produce “citizen-soldiers,” men prepared for leadership in civilian life and in military service. VMI pursues this mission through…
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