In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court declared that there was "no constitutional right to engage in homosexual sodomy," thus allowing a 1968 Georgia law to stand.  
Building on precedents first articulated in Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade, the defense argued in favor of the existence of a zone of privacy surrounding sexual relationships.  The state argued that the sexual act for which the defendants were prosecuted was performed in full view of a police officer and therefore was not intended to be private.  In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court declared that there was "no constitutional right to engage in homosexual sodomy," thus allowing a 1968 Georgia law to stand.  FTP name this 1986 case.
Building on precedents first articulated in Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade, the defense argued in favor of the existence of a zone of privacy surrounding sexual relationships.  
Bowers v. Hardwick