Doe v. Commonwealth's Attorney for Richmond

upholding statute as applied to homosexual acts between two consenting adults in private places | upholding statute as applied to homosexual acts between two consenting adults in private places | permitting a homosexual to proceed under a pseudonym in challenging state sodomy law | constitutionality of Virginia sodomy law upheld in declaratory judgment action against due process, freedom of expression, and privacy attacks | three-judge district court decision holding the state of Virginia could constitutionally apply its sodomy statute to private sexual conduct between consenting male adults | summarily affirming three judge federal district court decision dismissing challenge by male homosexuals to statute forbidding sodomy | constitutionality of Virginia sodomy law upheld in declaratory judgment action against due process, freedom of expression, and privacy attacks | three-judge district court decision holding the state of Virginia could constitutionally apply-its sodomy statute to private sexual .conduct between consenting male adults | with two justices favoring a postponement of consideration of jurisdiction on the merits | with two justices favoring a postponement of consideration of jurisdiction on the merits | “we must view disciplinary proceedings as judicial rather than administrative in nature” | "we must view disciplinary proceedings as judicial rather than administrative in nature" | discussed in Tribe at 941-43, & 1979 Supp. at 87 | constitutional challenge to state sodomy statute as applied to consenting homosexuals | upholding the constitutionality of Virginia’s crime against nature statute | upholding statute forbidding consensual homosexual relations in private | summary affirmance of a decision upholding sodomy laws | summary affirmance of a decision upholding sodomy laws | Brennan, Marshall, and Stevens, JJ., dissenting | Brennan, Marshall, and Stevens, JJ., dissenting