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The Beat Goes On: District Court Upholds Virginia Military Institute's All-Male Admissions Policy In United States V. Virginia, Phillip Comer Griffeth
The Beat Goes On: District Court Upholds Virginia Military Institute's All-Male Admissions Policy In United States V. Virginia, Phillip Comer Griffeth
Mercer Law Review
In United States v. Virginia, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia held that Virginia Military Institute ("VMI"), a state-supported college, can exclude women under its 152- year-old admissions policy without violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court based its decision on the United States Supreme Court's holding in Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan. Applying the Hogan test, the district court held that VMI's discrimination serves an important state educational objective by enhancing the diversity of Virginia's overall education system and that the exclusive admissions policy is substantially related …