Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
Citation
458 U.S. 718 (1982)
Facts
Stub — to be completed.
Issue
Stub — to be completed.
Holding
Stub — to be completed.
Rule
Sex-based classifications must serve important governmental objectives and must be substantially related to achievement of those objectives; a state nursing school’s single-sex admission policy violated equal protection because the state failed to show the policy was substantially related to an important interest (the policy actually perpetuated gender stereotypes).
Significance
Applied intermediate scrutiny to strike down sex-based exclusion; reinforced that sex classifications cannot rest on archaic or stereotyped views of gender roles even when the classification might seem to benefit women.