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                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:amendedBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:citation
                                    
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                                            478 U.S. 186
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Byron_White
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:date
                                    
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                                            1986-06-30
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:decidedBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:defendant
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Michael_Bowers
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:fullName
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Michael_Hardwick_v._Michael_Bowers,_Attorney_General_of_Georgia
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:heldBy
                                    
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                                            The Constitution does not confer a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy.
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:impact
                                    
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                                            Upheld state laws criminalizing homosexual conduct until 2003
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:involvedState
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Georgia
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:legalSubject
                                    
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                                            LGBT rights
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            right to privacy
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            sodomy laws
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Byron_White
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:notableFor
                                    
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                                            Controversial decision on privacy and LGBT rights
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:originatingCourt
                                    
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                                            gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eleventh_Circuit
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:overruledBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Lawrence_v._Texas
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            2003
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:plaintiff
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Michael_Hardwick
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:predecessor
                                    
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                                            LGBT rights litigation
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:relatedTo
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Lawrence_v._Texas
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Griswold_v._Connecticut
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:reversedLowerCourt
                                    
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                                            gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eleventh_Circuit
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:subsequentHistory
                                    
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                                            Overruled by Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Byron_Raymond_White
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
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                                            5
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
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                                            Bowers v. Hardwick
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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