Ninia Baehr, Genora Dancel et al. v. John C. Lewin

Court case

By: Stephen H. Levinson

Date: 1993

Source: Levinson, Stephen H. Ninia Baehr, Genora Dancel et al. v. John C. Lewin. Reprinted in Hall, Kermit L., et. al. American Legal History: Cases and Materials. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, 572–574.

About the Author: Steven H. Levinson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, attended Stanford University for his bachelor's degree, and received his law degree from the University of Michigan. While at Michigan Law School, Levinson wrote an article in the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. He worked for a law firm, and served on the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit for three years before joining the Hawaii Supreme Court in 1992.

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United States laws have generally criminalized homosexual behavior, although current thought (beginning with the Kinsey Reports in the...

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