1964 term · Warren Court · 7-2
Griswold et al. v. Connecticut
381 U.S. 479 · 85 S. Ct. 1678 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2282
The record
- Term
- 1964
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 496
- U.S. Reports
- 381 U.S. 479
- S. Ct. citation
- 85 S. Ct. 1678
- LEXIS citation
- 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2282
How the bench divided
MMCCCCCDD
M 2 majorityC 5 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Earl Warren | Regular concurrence |
| Arthur Goldberg | Regular concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
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