272 U.S. 365

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1927-04-22
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Skinner_v._Oklahoma
Buck v. Bell, 272 U.S. 365 (1927)
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkb:Pierce_Butler
gptkb:Edward_Terry_Sanford
gptkb:George_Sutherland
gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone
gptkb:Willis_Van_Devanter
gptkbp:date 1927-05-02
gptkbp:dissenting gptkb:James_Clark_McReynolds
gptkbp:docketNumber 292
gptkbp:hasDoctrine substantive due process
gptkbp:heldBy Compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the intellectually disabled, is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 272 U.S. 365
gptkbp:involvedState gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legacy Controversial precedent for eugenics laws in the United States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Virginia_State_Colony_for_Epileptics_and_Feebleminded
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Buck_v._Bell
gptkbp:overruledBy No
gptkbp:pages 365
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Carrie_Buck
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:reporter gptkb:United_States_Reports
gptkbp:response gptkb:John_Hendren_Bell
gptkbp:subject gptkb:constitutional_law
eugenics
compulsory sterilization
gptkbp:volume 272
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Village_of_Euclid_v._Ambler_Realty_Co.
gptkb:Village_of_Euclid_v._Ambler_Realty_Co._(1926)
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