Skinner v. Oklahoma

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United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

Skinner v. Oklahoma is a landmark 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state law mandating the sterilization of certain criminal offenders, recognizing procreation as a fundamental right under the Equal Protection Clause.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Skinner v. Oklahoma canonical	2
Oklahoma Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act	1
Oklahoma's Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment	1
Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfImpact	compulsory sterilization jurisprudence ⓘ eugenics laws in the United States ⓘ reproductive autonomy ⓘ
category	United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court ⓘ United States equal protection case law ⓘ United States reproductive rights case law ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision	Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ surface form: Harlan F. Stone
citation	316 U.S. 535 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1942-06-01 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Buck v. Bell opinion ⓘ surface form: Buck v. Bell
fullName	Skinner v. Oklahoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson
historicalContext	decided during the era of American eugenics laws ⓘ
holding	Skinner v. Oklahoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oklahoma's Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Procreation is a fundamental right subject to strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
issue	constitutionality of compulsory sterilization of certain criminal offenders ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
lawChallenged	Skinner v. Oklahoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oklahoma Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act
legalPrinciple	classification of crimes for sterilization must meet equal protection requirements ⓘ laws that infringe on fundamental rights are subject to strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ procreation is one of the basic civil rights of man ⓘ
legalSubject	constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ equal protection ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ
opinionOfTheCourtBy	William O. Douglas ⓘ surface form: Justice William O. Douglas
pageInUnitedStatesReports	535 ⓘ
petitioner	Jack T. Skinner ⓘ
precedentFor	cases recognizing procreation as a fundamental right ⓘ later equal protection cases involving fundamental rights ⓘ
recognizedRight	bodily integrity in the context of sterilization ⓘ right to procreate ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	fundamental rights ⓘ strict scrutiny ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
remedy	state was barred from enforcing the sterilization statute against the petitioner ⓘ
respondent	State of Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson ⓘ
result	Oklahoma sterilization order against Jack Skinner was invalidated ⓘ
stateLawAtIssue	Oklahoma ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	316 ⓘ
vote	9-0 ⓘ
yearDecided	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court → includesCase → Skinner v. Oklahoma ⓘ

Buck v. Bell opinion → citedBy → Skinner v. Oklahoma ⓘ

Skinner v. Oklahoma → fullName → Skinner v. Oklahoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson

Skinner v. Oklahoma → holding → Skinner v. Oklahoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oklahoma's Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Skinner v. Oklahoma → lawChallenged → Skinner v. Oklahoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oklahoma Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act