Legal Opinion
Kirstein v. Rector and Visitors of University of Virginia
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 9, 1970No. Civ. 220-69PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
This is a suit brought by four young women to compel their admission to the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. It is also brought as a class action for the benefit of other persons similarly situated. All of the individual defendants, except the Governor and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, are officers and trustees of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. The officers and trustees of other Virginia educational institutions are not parties.
From oral testimony, voluminous documentary evidence, pleadings,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Butler v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1973
- Samuel v. University of PittsburghDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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