Michael Hardwick v. Michael Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Michael_Hardwick_v._Michael_Bowers,_Attorney_General_of_Georgia
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Bowers_v._Hardwick
gptkbp:citation 478 U.S. 186
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:date 1986-06-30
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Michael_Bowers
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:heldBy No constitutional protection for acts of sodomy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Michael Hardwick v. Michael Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia
gptkbp:involvedState gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkbp:numberOfIssues constitutionality of sodomy laws
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Lawrence_v._Texas
2003
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Michael_Hardwick
gptkbp:predecessor sodomy law cases
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Lawrence_v._Texas
gptkbp:subject LGBT rights
privacy rights
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bowers_v._Hardwick
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6