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High Court sidesteps ruling on contraceptive laws
The Supreme Court declined to rule on the constitutionality of Connecticut statutes that criminalize use or advice of birth control. Justice Frankfurter led the five person majority citing lack of a real controversy. dissenters argued the laws should be decided now, highlighting broader privacy and marital rights concerns.
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Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas
Jane Doe
Pauline Poe
C. Lee Buxton
Yale Medical School
Earl Warren
Charles E. Whittaker
Tom C. Clark
Frankfurter
William Brennan
Potter Stewart
Douglas
John M. Harlan
Hugo L. Black
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