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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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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bowers v. Hardwick
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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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