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A federal district court decision that it is unconstitutional for the INS to exclude known homosexuals from entry into the country.

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A state supreme court case that reduced the ability of police and prosecutors to use disorderly conduct laws against gay men.

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Petition for a writ of habeas corpus and exhibits in a California Supreme Court case challenging the requirements of registration as a sex offender for a defendant's conviction of misdemeanor lewd conduct under 647(a).

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Comprises court records for United States of America vs. Charles Loyd Lemons, Jr. regarding a conviction of consensual sodomy. The arrest occurred in a federal park, but the criminality was based on an Arkansas statute which prohibited only same-sex sodomy. Jay Kohorn filed an amicus curiae brief in the 8th circuit court of appeal on behalf of the American Association for Personal Privacy. The case challenged the Arkansas statute on equal protection grounds.

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Court records of a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of a New York statute criminalizing loitering for the purposes of soliciting a sex act.

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Includes California v. Meza, California v. Dag, California v. Turnbull, California vs. Uhte, California v. Jones, California v. Johnson, Curran v. Mt. Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Hinman and Advocates for Gay and Lesbian State Employees v. Department of Personnel Administration, Kolender v. Lawson, and a Petition for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Petitions for Hearing in the Matter of the Application of Gay Law Students Association.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Criminal court records, civil court records, correspondence, law review articles, clippings, reports, state bills and laws, notes, meeting minutes, grant applications, biographical information, and other professional papers of Thomas F. Coleman and Jay M. Kohorn documenting their work as sexual civil liberties attorneys and advocates from 1972-1991. The records document Coleman’s and Kohorn’s legal work and research, publications, participation in government and non-profit commissions and...

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Includes a black-and-white group photograph.

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Criminal court records, civil court records, correspondence, law review articles, clippings, reports, state legal codes and policies, notes, and other legal papers of Thomas F. Coleman and Jay M. Kohorn documenting their work as sexual civil liberty attorneys from 1973-1991. The records document Coleman's and Kohorn's legal work in Los Angeles and across the nation as litigators, consultants, and advocates in criminal and civil cases.

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Criminal court records, civil court records, correspondence, law review articles, clippings, reports, state legal codes and policies, notes, and other legal papers of Thomas F. Coleman and Jay M. Kohorn documenting their work as sexual civil liberty attorneys from 1973-1991. The records document Coleman's and Kohorn's legal work in Los Angeles and across the nation as litigators, consultants, and advocates in criminal and civil cases.