Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. Batchelor
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided January 21, 1970No. Civ. A. 3-3179-BPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, District Judge.
This case involves the constitutionality of Article 524 of the Vernon’s Ann. Texas Penal Code defining the offense of “Sodomy.”
Plaintiff, Alvin Leon Buchanan, a confessed homosexual, had twice been arrested and charged under Article 524 of the Texas Penal Code for acts of sodomy with another male in public restrooms in Dallas, Texas. He requested the designation of a three-judge court and prayed (1) for preliminary and permanent injunctions against prosecution of the two cases in which he had been charged and against harassment by the police, (2) for a declaratory…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Zwickler v. KootaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Poe v. UllmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Vance v. ClawsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BalthazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Buchanan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- State v. PilcherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- Pruett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
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