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Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
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Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
Griswold v. Connecticut No. 496 Argued March 29-30, 1965 Decided June 7, 1965 381 U.S. 479
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT
OF ERRORS OF CONNECTICUT
Syllabus
Appellants, the Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and its medical director, a licensed physician, were convicted as accessories for giving married persons information and medical advice on how to prevent conception and, following examination, prescribing a contraceptive device or material for the wife’s use. A Connecticut statute makes it a crime for any person to use any drug or article to prevent conception. Appellants claimed that the accessory statute, as applied, violated the Fourteenth Amendment. An intermediate appellate court and the State’s highest court affirmed the judgment.
Held:
1. Appellants have standing to assert the constitutional rights of the married people. Tileston v. Ullman, 318 U.S. 44, distinguished. P. 481.
2. The Connecticut statute forbidding use of contraceptives violates the right of marital privacy which is within the penumbra of specific guarantees of the Bill of Rights. Pp. 481-486.
151 Conn. 544, 200 A.2d 479, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965) in 381 U.S. 479 381 U.S. 480. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B2GER7TAN2J3GLN.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), in 381 U.S. 479, page 381 U.S. 480. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B2GER7TAN2J3GLN.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965). cited in 1965, 381 U.S. 479, pp.381 U.S. 480. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B2GER7TAN2J3GLN.
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