Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1942-06-01

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Mr. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court. This case touches a sensitive and important area of human rights. Oklahoma deprives certain individuals of a right which is basic to the perpetuation of a race—the right to have offspring. Oklahoma has decreed the enforcement of its law against petitioner, overruling his claim that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Because that decision raised grave an…

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