gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:citation
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274 U.S. 200
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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:defendant
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gptkb:John_Hendren_Bell
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Pierce_Butler
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Carrie_Buck_v._John_Hendren_Bell,_Superintendent_of_State_Colony_for_Epileptics_and_Feeble_Minded
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Virginia's compulsory sterilization law for the intellectually disabled does not violate the U.S. Constitution
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Buck v. Bell decision
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gptkbp:impact
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upheld constitutionality of eugenics laws
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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gptkb:constitutional_law
eugenics
forced sterilization
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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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:plaintiff
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gptkb:Carrie_Buck
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gptkbp:predecessor
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state sterilization laws
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Skinner_v._Oklahoma
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gptkbp:subsequentHistory
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never explicitly overturned by the Supreme Court
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Virginia_Sterilization_Act_of_1924
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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