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Rose v. Locke, 423 U.S. 48 (1975)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Rose v. Locke, 423 U.S. 48 (1975)
Rose v. Locke No. 74-1451 Decided November 17, 1975 423 U.S. 48
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
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Tennessee statute proscribing "crime against nature" held not unconstitutionally vague as applied to cunnilingus, satisfying as it does the due process standard of giving sufficient warning that men may so conduct themselves as to avoid that which is forbidden. Viewed against that standard, the challenged statutory phrase is no vaguer than many other terms describing criminal offenses at common law, which are now codified in criminal codes. Moreover, the Tennessee Supreme Court, by previously rejecting claims that the statute was to be narrowly applied, has given sufficiently clear notice that it would be held applicable to acts such as those involved here when such a case as this arose. Wainwright v. Stone, 414 U.S. 21, and Bouie v. City of Columbia, 378 U.S. 347, distinguished.
Certiorari granted; 514 F.2d 570, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Rose v. Locke, 423 U.S. 48 (1975) in 423 U.S. 48 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7J1N4GS315TEELR.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Rose v. Locke, 423 U.S. 48 (1975), in 423 U.S. 48, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7J1N4GS315TEELR.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Rose v. Locke, 423 U.S. 48 (1975). cited in 1975, 423 U.S. 48. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7J1N4GS315TEELR.
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