Poe v. Ullman

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1961-10-09

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Mr. Justice Frankfurter announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Whittaker join. These appeals challenge the constitutionality, under the Fourteenth Amendment, of Connecticut statutes which, as authoritatively construed by the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, prohibit the use of contraceptive devices and the giving of medical…

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