Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
The U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld as constitutional a Georgia sodomy law that prohibited oral and anal sex between consenting adults. The Court later overruled this decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003).
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August 19, 2010, 5:27 pm
