Legal Opinion
Joe Hogan v. Mississippi University for Women
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1981No. 80-4021, 81-4041PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals present the question whether the maintenance of a state-supported university that accepts only female applicants violates the fourteenth amendment right to equal protection of an otherwise qualified male applicant. On the facts of this case, we hold that it does.
The facts pertinent to this appeal are narrow and not in dispute. Mississippi University for Women (MUW), an institution supported by the State of Mississippi, has, since its establishment in 1884, admitted females only. Joe Hogan, an adult male interested in pursuing an…
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