High Court Rebuffs VMI Appeal; School Faces Order To Provide Women With Equal Treatment

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 25, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Virginia Military Institute's hopes of remaining all male were dealt a serious setback yesterday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the controversy and Mary Sue Terry, the leading candidate for governor, said the academy should move to admit women for the first time in its 154-year history.

The court's decision let stand a lower court ruling that required Virginia officials to begin letting women attend the military school revered by Old Dominion conservatives, set up an equivalent all- female program or turn the military academy into a private school.

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