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Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927)
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Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927)
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Buck v. Bell No. 292 Argued April 22, 1927 Decided May 2, 1927 274 U.S. 200
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
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1. The Virginia statute providing for the sexual sterilization of inmates of institutions supported by the State who shall be found to be afflicted with an hereditary form of insanity or imbecility, is within the power of the State under the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 207.
2. Failure to extend the provision to persons outside the institutions named does not render it obnoxious to the Equal Protection Clause. P. 208.
143 Va. 310, affirmed.
ERROR to a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia which affirmed a judgment ordering the Superintendent of the State Colony of Epileptics and Feeble Minded to perform the operation of salpingectomy on Carrie Buck, the plaintiff in error.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927) in 274 U.S. 200 274 U.S. 201–274 U.S. 205. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ND9XNVGWSSV65IM.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), in 274 U.S. 200, pp. 274 U.S. 201–274 U.S. 205. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ND9XNVGWSSV65IM.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927). cited in 1927, 274 U.S. 200, pp.274 U.S. 201–274 U.S. 205. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ND9XNVGWSSV65IM.
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