Baker v. Wade
U.S. court case on sodomy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baker v. Wade 563 F.Supp 1121 (N.D. Tex. 1982), rev'd 769 F.2nd 289 (5th Cir. 1985) (en banc) cert denied 478 US 1022 (1986) is a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas. Plaintiff Donald Baker contended that the law violated his rights to privacy and equal protection. After a victory at trial, an appellate court reversed the lower court's decision and in the wake of its decision in Bowers v. Hardwick the Supreme Court of the United States refused to review it.
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Baker v. Wade | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Full case name | Donald F. Baker, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas, Etc., et al., Defendants, Danny E. Hill, 47th District Attorney, Defendant-Appellant |
Decided | August 26, 1985 |
Citation(s) | 563 F.Supp 1121 (N.D. Tex. 1982), rev'd 769 F.2nd 289 (5th Cir. 1985) (en banc) cert denied 478 US 1022 (1986) |
Case opinions | |
The right to privacy does not cover acts of homosexual sodomy. The Texas sodomy law does not violate due process. |
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