Disambiguation evidence for Lawrence v. Texas (in part) via surface form
"Lawrence v. Texas"
As subject (50)
Triples where this entity appears as subject under the
label "Lawrence v. Texas".
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| areaOfLaw | civil rights law ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw | constitutional law ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw | criminal law ⓘ |
| citation | 123 S. Ct. 2472 ⓘ |
| citation | 156 L. Ed. 2d 508 ⓘ |
| citation | 539 U.S. 558 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy | Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| constitutionalClause |
Due Process Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
|
| constitutionalProvision |
Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2003-06-26 ⓘ |
| dissentBy | Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissentBy | Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissentBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| effect | decriminalized consensual same-sex intimacy between adults nationwide ⓘ |
| effect | expanded constitutional protections for LGBTQ+ individuals ⓘ |
| effect | invalidated sodomy laws in the United States ⓘ |
| geographicScopeOfEffect |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| holding | laws criminalizing private consensual sexual conduct between adults of the same sex are unconstitutional ⓘ |
| holding | the Texas Homosexual Conduct law violates the Due Process Clause ⓘ |
| holding | the state cannot demean the existence or control the destiny of persons by making their private sexual conduct a crime ⓘ |
| instanceOf | United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| instanceOf | constitutional law case ⓘ |
| instanceOf | landmark civil rights case ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority | David H. Souter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority | John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority | Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority | Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority | Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalIssue | constitutionality of sodomy laws ⓘ |
| legalIssue | liberty under the Due Process Clause ⓘ |
| legalIssue | right to privacy ⓘ |
| legalIssue | substantive due process ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledCase |
majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick
ⓘ
surface form:
Bowers v. Hardwick
|
| parties | John Geddes Lawrence ⓘ |
| parties |
Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Texas
|
| parties | Tyron Garner ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | binding on state courts regarding sodomy laws ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | binding precedent on lower federal courts ⓘ |
| recognizedRight | autonomy in personal intimate decisions ⓘ |
| recognizedRight | liberty of adults to engage in private consensual sexual conduct ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | right to privacy in intimate relationships ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | substantive due process liberty interests ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Texas ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | LGBTQ+ rights ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | criminalization of same-sex sexual conduct ⓘ |
| term | October Term 2002 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 2003 ⓘ |
As object (3)
Triples where some other subject referred to this entity
as "Lawrence v. Texas".
Griswold v. Connecticut
→
impactOnLaterCase
→
"Lawrence v. Texas"
ⓘ
↳ resolves to Lawrence v. Texas (in part)
Anthony M. Kennedy
→
notableCaseOpinion
→
"Lawrence v. Texas"
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↳ resolves to Lawrence v. Texas (in part)