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Irregardless Of Sex

The injunction also cited that "said
defendants are further enjoined to consider said
applications without regard to the applicants'
sex, and to admit said applicants should they
meet the necessary requirements as prescribed
for all other applicants to the said college."

Earlier in the summer, the women, represented
in court by attorneys Phillip J.
Hirschkop of Alexandria and John C. Lowe of
Charlottesville, both of the American Civil
Liberties Union, had been granted a hearing
before a special three-judge panel of the federal
district court, for September 29.

This special court convenes when the
constitutionality of a state statute is challenged
in a federal court, and it will decide the issue.
However, the women could not wait until that
late date, more than two weeks after the
College's final registration. This would have
forced the three women to wait until January
to apply for admission, even if the case were
decided in their favor. Therefore, they asked
for the temporary injunction, which allows
them to enroll in the College until the case is
heard.