Griswold v. Connecticut 381 US 479 (1965) is a landmark Supreme Court case in American law. It invalidated a law against the use of contraception by married couples. It formally establishing 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.
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