Lawrence v. Texas
Brief

Citation539 U.S. 558 (2003) Brief Fact Summary. The petitioners, two adult males, were arrested and convicted when the police saw them engaging in a private, consensual sexual act.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. Liberty protects the person from unwarranted government intrusions into a dwelling or other private places.   ...

Subject of law: Constitutional Law Keyed to Shanor

Lawrence v. Texas
Brief

Citation539 U.S. 558 (2003) Brief Fact Summary. The petitioners, two men in Texas, were charged and convicted for having a sexual intercourse at their private residence, the conduct that the State of Texas explicitly prohibits. The petitioners were adults at the time of the alleged offense.     Synopsis of Rule of Law. Liberty protects the person from unwarranted government intrusions into a dwelling or other private places.     ...

Subject of law: Constitutional Law Keyed to Sullivan

Lawrence v. Texas
Brief

Citation539 U.s. 558 (2003) Brief Fact Summary. The petitioners, two adult males, were arrested and convicted when the police saw them engaging in a private, consensual sexual act.     Synopsis of Rule of Law. Freedom extends beyond spatial bounds. Liberty presumes an autonomy of self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression and certain intimate contact.   ...

Subject of law: Constitutional Law Keyed to Rotunda

Lawrence v. Texas
Brief

Citation. 539 U.S. 558, 123 S.Ct. 2472, 156 L.Ed.2d 508 (2003). Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiffs challenged constitutionality of a Texas law prohibiting intimacy between same-sex couples.     Synopsis of Rule of Law. Intimate sexual relationships between consenting adults are protected under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment.   ...

Subject of law: Constitutional Law Keyed to Varat

Lawrence v. Texas
Brief

Citation539 U.S. 558 (2003) Brief Fact Summary. Texas convicted the petitioners of violating an anti-gay state law prohibiting people from engaging in sexual acts with someone of the same sex. The petitioners challenged the constitutionality of the state law.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. In Bowers (overturned here), the Court upheld an anti-sodomy law, ruling that there was no fundamental right for gay people to engage in sodomy. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life, ...

Subject of law: Constitutional Law Keyed to Stone

Lawrence v. Texas
Brief

Citation539 U.S. 558, 123 S.Ct. 2472, 156 L.Ed.2d 508 (2003). Brief Fact Summary. .   Synopsis of Rule of Law. Although homosexual conduct is not a fundamental right, intimate sexual relationships between consenting adults are protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.   ...

Subject of law: Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper

Lawrence v. Texas
Brief

Citation539 US 558 (2003) Brief Fact Summary.  Police found two men engaged in sexual conduct, in their home, and they were arrested under a Texas statute that prohibited such conduct between two men. Synopsis of Rule of Law. While homosexual conduct is not a fundamental right, intimate sexual relationships between consenting adults are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. ...

Subject of law: Fundamental Fights Under Due Process And Equal Protection

State v. Romano
Brief

Citation155 P.3d 1102 (2007) Brief Fact Summary. Defendant, Pame Romano, was arrested and charged with prostitution. Synopsis of Rule of Law. Under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, prostitution does not qualify as private sexual activity and is not a protected liberty interest. ...

Subject of law: Prostitution

Bowers v. Hardwick
Brief

Citation478 U.S. 186, 106 S. Ct. 2841, 92 L. Ed. 2d 140 (1986) Brief Fact Summary. Respondent was convicted under Georgia’s anti-sodomy statute for engaging in a sex act with another male. Synopsis of Rule of Law. There is no fundamental constitutional right to engage in homosexual sodomy. ...

Subject of law: Implied Fundamental Rights