Concept information
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legal specialisms
education law
higher education law
cases in higher education law: gender equity
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
United States v. Virginia
Definition
- United States v. Virginia (1996) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the ability of state officials to maintain public single-sex institutions of higher education. In VMI, the Court held that, as a matter of constitutional law, the Virginia Military Institute could not exclude women from enrolling as students. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education; United States v. Virginia]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1996
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States_v._Virginia
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