Legal Opinion
Griswold v. Connecticut
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1965No. 496PublishedCited by 4,184 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
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 to the means of preventing conception. They examined the wife and prescribed the best contraceptive device or material for her use. Fees were usually charged, although some…
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