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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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March 26, 2003
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gptkbp:category
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2003 in United States case law
LGBT rights case
Supreme Court privacy case
Supreme Court case from Texas
Supreme Court due process case
Supreme Court equal protection 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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June 26, 2003
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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:designer
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Texas Court of Appeals decision
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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:event
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gptkb:Houston,_Texas
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gptkbp:fullName
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John Geddes Lawrence, Jr. and Tyron Garner v. Texas
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
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gptkbp:impact
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invalidated sodomy laws in 13 states
major advance for LGBT rights in the United States
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gptkbp:legalBasis
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gptkb:Due_Process_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
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gptkbp:legalHolding
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State laws banning private consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex are unconstitutional
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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extensive national and international media attention
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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:Tyron_Garner
gptkb:John_Geddes_Lawrence,_Jr.
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkb:United_States_v._Windsor
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Bowers_v._Hardwick
gptkb:Romer_v._Evans
gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkb:Griswold_v._Connecticut
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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:White_opinion_in_Bowers_v._Hardwick
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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