Citadel worth storming
Article Abstract:
Faulkner v. Jones, being heard before the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, is concerned about whether parallel women's programs justify the Citadel military academy's exclusion of women. Neither South Carolina nor the Virginia Military Institute in Virginia have adequately explained the need to keep women out as a state interest. The parallel programs are not comparable, readily failing the test the US Supreme Court used in Sweatt v. Painter regarding a parallel law school for blacks. The schools' only defense is gender stereotypes.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Citadel foe feels ripple effects; attorney who beat S.C. institution finds career in shambles
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The 1996 ruling issued by the US Supreme Court against The Citadel marked the end for state-supported single-sex programs such as that offered by the school. The trial judge in Mar 1999 affirmed the appellate court's ruling, awarding millions of dollars in legal fees to lawyers who had represented Shannon Faulkner. The judge praised Black for his role in the litigation, noting that Black endured ostracism and threats of injury for his role. Even Black's detractors admit that he suffered financially by taking on the Citadel.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1999
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Separate but equal revisited; the court weighs whether state-supported military schools may bar women
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The US Supreme Court is considering the validity of separate but equal public education with regard to the sexes in US v VA, in which oral arguments were heard Jan 17. VA argues the VA Military Academy offers educational diversity, and that admitting women would destroy that diversity. The 4th Circuit agreed that a women's program called the VA Women's Institute of Leadership was a valid alternative, but that program makes many assumptions about gender differences and is not comparable.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
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