Griswold v. Connecticut

Griswold (defendant), Executive Director of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, and Dr. Buxton ran a clinic that gave married people information and advice on contraception, in violation of a Connecticut statute banning the use of, or assistance in using, birth control. Both were convicted as accessories. They challenged the statute as unconstitutional, and after Connecticut's courts affirmed the convictions, they appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.