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Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan: admission to School of Nursing: Supreme Court of the United States: 1982 Mmusi and Others v Ramantele and Another: inheritance by women under customary law: Botswana Court of Appeal: 2013 Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada: financial support for interest groups: Supreme Court of Canada: 1994 Orr v ...
The District Court ruled in favor of the Mississippi University for Women, concluding that maintenance of MUW as a single-sex school bears a rational relationship to the State's legitimate interest "in providing the greatest practical range of educational opportunities for its female student population." The court held that the admissions ...
The majority opinion by Justice Blackmun held that that Title VII prohibits gender–specific fetal protection policies.Hence based on that statute, the Court decided against Johnson Controls by concluding that the company’s fetal protection policy contravened Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the PDA; and the company's gender-specific rule was biased and inequitable ...
Since 1992, women's representation in law school classes has approached 50%. [14] And by 2021, women constituted 55% of law students, 45% of law faculty, and 42% of law deans. [15] However, the percentage of female federal judges is fairly lower.
Acton, 515 U.S. 646 (1995) Schools may implement random drug testing upon students participating in school-sponsored athletics. Ohio v. Robinette , 519 U.S. 33 (1996) The Fourth Amendment does not require police officers to inform a motorist at the end of a traffic stop that they are free to go before seeking permission to search the motorist's ...
Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity.
Goesaert v. Cleary is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a Michigan law which prohibited women from being licensed as a bartender in all cities having a population of 50,000 or more, unless their father or husband owned the establishment. The plaintiff, Valentine Goesaert, challenged the law on the ground that it ...
This case was part of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's work with the ACLU Women's Rights Project. [2]An Oklahoma statute prohibiting the sale of "nonintoxicating" 3.2% beer to males under the age of 21 but allowed females over the age of 18 was challenged as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in 1971.