02155cam a2200373 i 4500 1846550229 TxAuBib 20240401120000.0 111114s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011047245 9780393062083 hardcover 0393062082 hardcover (OCoLC)761383909 DLC eng DLC YDX UKMGB OCLCO IAD BDX FT6 BKL YDXCP TOH BTCTA WIQ IXA COO YUS DLC TLC rda TxAuBib rda Carpenter, Dale, 1966-, author. Flagrant conduct : the story of Lawrence v. Texas : how a bedroom arrest decriminalized gay Americans / Dale Carpenter. First edition. New York : W.W. Norton. ©2012. xv, 345 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327) and index. A crime of deep malignity -- The city and the cause -- The defendants and the troublemaker -- The department and the deputies -- The intrusion -- Uncivil disobedience -- A probable explanation for an improbable case -- The homosexual status law -- From the jail to the bar -- From the gay bar to the bar -- Into the Texas courts -- The constitutional case takes shape -- The politics of law -- The constitutional mainstream -- Mismatch at the Supreme Court -- Respect for their private lives. Provides a detailed legal history and examines the motives of all players involved with the landmark Supreme Court gay rights case that protected consenting adults' rights, regardless of sexual preference, in the bedroom. 20240401. Lawrence, John Geddes Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Sodomy) Texas. Homosexuality Law and legislation Texas Criminal provisions. Gay people Legal status, laws, etc United States. Texas Trials, litigation, etc. Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003.)