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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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1927-04-22
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gptkbp:citation
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Buck v. Bell, 273 U.S. 536 (1927)
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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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
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gptkbp:date
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1927-05-02
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Pierce_Butler
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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292
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the intellectually disabled, is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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273 U.S. 536
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gptkbp:impact
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Upheld the constitutionality of eugenics laws in the United States
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
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gptkbp:notableQuote
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"Three generations of imbeciles are enough."
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Buck_v._Bell
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gptkbp:pages
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536
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:Carrie_Buck
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gptkbp:relatedLegislation
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gptkb:Virginia_Sterilization_Act_of_1924
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gptkbp:reporter
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gptkb:United_States_Reports
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:John_Hendren_Bell
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:constitutional_law
eugenics
compulsory sterilization
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gptkbp:volume
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273
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Nixon_v._Herndon
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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