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Opinion of the Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, March 15, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court

Brief of Petitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Respondent's Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 26, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

ISSUE

Gay and Lesbian Rights

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Lawrence v. Texas - How To Use Milestones In The Law

Lawrence v. Texas - This Case In History

Lawrence v. Texas was a significant gain for the cause of gay and lesbian civil rights. In this decision, the Supreme Court held that state laws prohibiting sodomy were unconstitutional, arguing that any government interest in consensual sex between adults, either homosexual or heterosexual, infringed upon the right to liberty protected by the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This a…

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