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  2. Griswold v. Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Griswold v. Connecticut , 381 U.S. 479 (1965), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects the liberty of married couples to use contraceptives without government restriction. [ 1 ]

  3. Estelle Griswold - Wikipedia

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    Estelle Naomi Trebert Griswold (June 8, 1900 – August 13, 1981) was a civil rights activist and feminist most commonly known as a defendant in what became the Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut , in which contraception for married couples was legalized in the state of Connecticut , setting the precedent of the right to privacy .

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Warren Court

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    Yates v. United States: Free Speech: 354 U.S. 298 (1957) free speech, distinction between expression of opinion and advocacy of action Morey v. Doud: 354 U.S. 457 (1957) States do not have power to make special exemptions in legislation for particular actors (overruled by City of New Orleans v. Dukes) Roth v. United States: Free Speech: 354 U.S ...

  5. C. Lee Buxton - Wikipedia

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    Estelle T. Griswold and C. Lee Buxton, was affirmed by the Connecticut Supreme Court in April 1964, providing evidence that the case was ripe. [12] The appeal, known as Whitney v. Griswold , was heard by the US Supreme Court one year later and overturned in a 7–2 ruling, finding the original anti-contraception statute unconstitutional because ...

  6. Catherine Roraback - Wikipedia

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    Catherine Gertrude Roraback (September 17, 1920 – October 17, 2007) was a civil rights attorney in Connecticut, best known for representing Estelle Griswold and Dr. C. Lee Buxton in the famous 1965 Supreme Court case, Griswold v. Connecticut, which legalized the use of birth control in Connecticut and created the precedent of the right to ...

  7. Abortion in Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    The state was one of ten states in 2007 to have a customary informed consent provision for abortions. In 1965, the US Supreme Court heard the case of Griswold v. Connecticut, striking down laws that banned the sale, use of and prescription of contraceptives, even for married couples. The Court's later decision in 1973's Roe v.

  8. Portal:Law/Case/Week 18 2006 - Wikipedia

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  9. Thomas I. Emerson - Wikipedia

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    1965: Griswold v. Connecticut (contraceptives as part of privacy rights for Estelle Griswold of New Haven's Planned Parenthood Center) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 7 ] During the 1960s, Emerson supported efforts to secure the release of Morton Sobell , convicted in 1951 of espionage as part of the case of Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg .