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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:category
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2003 in United States case law
LGBT rights case
Supreme Court privacy case
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gptkbp:citation
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539 U.S. 558
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
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gptkbp:date
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2003-06-26
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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:State_of_Texas
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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02-102
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gptkbp:effect
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invalidated sodomy laws in 13 states
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:John_Geddes_Lawrence_and_Tyron_Garner_v._Texas
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Texas statute making it a crime for two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct violates the Due Process Clause
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lawrence v. Texas
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gptkbp:joinedBy
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gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
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gptkbp:legalBasis
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gptkb:Due_Process_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
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gptkbp:legalImpact
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expanded civil liberties for LGBT individuals
set precedent for same-sex marriage cases
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Texas
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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widely covered in national and international media
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gptkbp:overruledBy
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gptkb:Bowers_v._Hardwick
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:John_Geddes_Lawrence
gptkb:Tyron_Garner
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gptkbp:priorAction
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Conviction affirmed, 41 S.W.3d 349 (Tex. App. 2001)
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Bowers_v._Hardwick
gptkb:Romer_v._Evans
gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
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gptkbp:subject
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LGBT rights
privacy rights
sodomy laws
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Griswold_v._Connecticut
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Rehnquist_Court
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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