In 1996 the court ruled that excluding women from the virginia military institute (vmi) did not serve so vmi had to open its doors to women cadets or forgo state funding.

In 1996 the court ruled that excluding women from the virginia military institute (vmi) did not serve : important state purpose
in order to fight this, the women did Quasi-suspect Classification in that make the court must re-analyze the current situation and check if it's along with the interest of Equal protection cause