SKINNER v. OKLAHOMA EX REL. WILLIAMSON

No. 782.

316 U.S. 535 (1942)

SKINNER v. OKLAHOMA EX REL. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W.J. Hulsey, H.I. Aston, and Guy L. Andrews submitted for petitioner.

Mr. Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, for respondent.


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 and substantial constitutional questions, we granted...

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