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Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479

Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479

381 U.S. 479 | 1965-06-07

381 U.S. 479

Griswold v. Connecticut (No. 496)

Argued: March 29-30, 1965
Decided: June 7, 1965
151 Conn. 544, 200 A.2d 479, reversed.

Opinion

DOUGLAS, J., Opinion of the Court

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant Griswold is Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut. Appellant Buxton is a licensed physician and a professor at the Yale Medical School who served as Medical Director for the League at its Center in New Haven -- a center open and operating from November 1 to November 10, 1961, when appellants were arrested.

They gave information, instruction, and medical advice to married persons as...