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Myra Bradwell v. State of Illinois
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Myra_Bradwell_v._State_of_Illinois
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:law
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:83_U.S._(16_Wall.)_130
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
gptkb:Joseph_P._Bradley
gptkb:Morrison_Waite
gptkb:Samuel_Nelson
gptkb:David_Davis
gptkb:William_Strong
gptkb:Nathan_Clifford
gptkb:Noah_H._Swayne
gptkb:Stephen_J._Field
gptkbp:date
1873
gptkbp:decidedBy
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant
gptkb:State_of_Illinois
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Myra_Bradwell_v._State_of_Illinois
gptkbp:heldBy
The Supreme Court held that the Privileges or Immunities Clause did not bar the State of Illinois from denying a law license to a woman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Myra Bradwell v. State of Illinois
gptkbp:legalIssue
whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause allowed a woman to be denied a license to practice law
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Samuel_Freeman_Miller
gptkbp:plaintiff
gptkb:Myra_Bradwell
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Privileges_or_Immunities_Clause
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
women's rights
legal history of the United States
gptkbp:resultedIn
affirmed the right of states to restrict bar admission based on gender
gptkbp:significance
early Supreme Court case on gender discrimination and the legal profession
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Bradwell_v._Illinois_decision
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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