Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Riles v. McCotter
Riles v. McCotter, 478 U.S. 1039 (1986)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-09-16
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- courts are "most vulnerable and [come] nearest to illegitimacy when ... [dealing] with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution"
- upholding Georgia statute criminalizing the act of sodomy
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