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BERRY v. DAVIS

No. 47.

242 U.S. 468 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 208

61 L.Ed. 441

BERRY ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE BOARD OF PAROLE OF IOWA, ET AL. v. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Cosson, Attorney General of the State of Lowa, and Mr. Ross R. Mowry, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Iowa, for appellants.

No appearance for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill to enjoin the State Board of Parole and the warden and physician of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison from performing vasectomy upon the plaintiff, the defendant in error, in pursuance of an Iowa statute approved April 19, 1913. 35 G.A., c. 187, § 1. Supplement to Code 1913, c. 19-B, § 2600-p. This act among other things directed the operation to be performed upon convicts in the...

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