Lawrence v. Texas, 539 US 558 (2003)
Lawrence and his partner, Garner, were convicted under a Texas anti-sodomy law that was primarily enforced against homosexuals.
Tex. Penal Code Ann. §21.06(a) (2003)
It provides: "A person commits an offense if he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex." The statute defines "[d]eviate sexual intercourse" as follows:
"(A) any contact between any part of the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another person; or
"(B) the penetration of the genitals or the anus of another person with an object." §21.01(1).
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The issue of sexual privacy with respect to Texas's anti-sodomy law had previously been addressed in the 1986 Bowers v Hardwick case. Lawrence v Texas was decided in 2003 when the supreme court argued in favor of constitutional protection of sexual privacy.
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Lawrence V. Redman was born in 1880.
Lawrence V. Redman died in 1946.
Lawrence v. Texas
Ethel V. Lawrence has written: 'Tripp family with collaterals'
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 US 558 (2003)Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the opinion of the Court, and was joined by Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg, and Breyer. Justice O'Connor voted with the majority, but wrote a separate concurring opinion rather than signing Kennedy's.Chief Justice Rehnquist, and Justices Scalia and Thomas dissented.
V. Brittain has written: 'Pethick-Lawrence'