Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae. United States of America v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae
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No. 686736
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae. United States of America v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae
No. 686736 · Decided January 26, 1995
No. 686736·Fourth Circuit · 1995·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
January 26, 1995
Citation
No. 686736
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United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae. United States of America v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae. United States of America v. Commonwealth of Virginia George F. Allen, Governor, of the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Military Institute Joseph M. Spivey, Iii, President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors John Williams Knapp, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute Vmi Foundation, Incorporated Vmi Alumni Association the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and Its Members and Officers Thomas N. Downing Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Marston a Courtland Spotts, Iii, Daniel F. Flowers B. Powell Harrison, Jr. Robert H. Spilman Samuel E. Woolwine James W. Enochs, Jr. William A. Hazel Harvey S. Sadow Douglas K. Baumgartner Daniel D. Cameron Glen N. Jones John W. Roberts, and Gordon K. Davies, the National Women's Law Center American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union California Women's Law Center Center for Women Policy Studies Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Equal Rights Advocates Federally Employed Women, Inc. Feminist Majority Foundation Human Rights Campaign Fund Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law National Association for Girls & Women in Sport National Association of Commissions for Women National Council of Negro Women National Education Association National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Hookup of Black Women National Organization for Women Now Legal Defense and Education Fund National Women's Conference Committee National Women's Party Northwest Women's Law Center Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Ywca of the U.S.A. Mary Baldwin College Wells College Saint Mary's College Southern Virginia College, Amici Curiae in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on January 26, 1995.
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