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United States v. Virginia, , is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Virginia Military Institute's long-standing male-only admission policy in a 7-1 decision. (Justice Clarence Thomas recused himself from the case, presumably because his son was enrolled at VMI at the time.)

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  • United States v. Virginia
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  • United States v. Virginia, , is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Virginia Military Institute's long-standing male-only admission policy in a 7-1 decision. (Justice Clarence Thomas recused himself from the case, presumably because his son was enrolled at VMI at the time.)
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  • Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer
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  • 518(xsd:integer)
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  • Rehnquist
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  • Scalia
Majority
  • Ginsburg
LawsApplied
  • U.S. Const. amend. XIV
Case
  • United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515
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  • 1996(xsd:integer)
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ArgueDate
  • --01-17
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  • United States v. Virginia
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  • 172800.0
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  • 17280.0
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ArgueYear
  • 1996(xsd:integer)
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  • LII
SCOTUS
  • 1994(xsd:integer)
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Holding
  • Commonwealth of Virginia's exclusion of women from the Virginia Military Institute violated Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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  • United States, Petitioner v. Virginia, et al.
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  • Thomas
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  • --06-26
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  • 515(xsd:integer)
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  • United States v. Virginia, , is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Virginia Military Institute's long-standing male-only admission policy in a 7-1 decision. (Justice Clarence Thomas recused himself from the case, presumably because his son was enrolled at VMI at the time.)
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