Title

Did You Happen to Notice that Lawrence v. Texas Overruled West Coast Hotel v. Parrish?

Authors

John H. Ryskamp

Abstract

The article points out, for the first time, the way in which Lawrence v. Texas overruled West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. Lawrence's overruling of West Coast is the first step in the demise of the "minimum scrutiny" regime, which the Court established in West Coast in 1937.

Disciplines

Constitutional Law

Date of this Version

April 2006