Griswold v. Connecticut

Griswold v. Connecticut

Griswold v. Connecticut, (381 U.S. 479, 85 S.Ct. 1678, 14 L.Ed.2d 510)* (1965) is a landmark Supreme Court case in American law. It invalidated a law against the use of contraception. It formally established the legal concept of rights that citizens have to privacy: in particular, a sphere of privacy upon which the government may not intrude. This right is based on the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

See also Sex Laws in the Fifty States, Sex-related court cases

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Full text of Supreme Court decision