| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | CT law penalizes the use of contraception. |
| Posture: | Unknown. |
| Issue: | Is this prohibition constitutional? |
| Holding: | No. |
| Rule: | A governmental purpose to control or prevent activities constitutionally subject to state regulation may not be achieved by means which sweep unnecessarily broadly and thereby invade the area of protected freedoms. |
| Reasoning: | We can find rights not specifically mentioned. Derrivation of the right
to privacy: it peeks out from several other rights.
The relations between husband, wife, and physician have a strong privacy interest, and by regulating the USE, rather than SALE or MANUFACTURE, this law is maximizes its destructive intent. |
| Dicta: | Penumbras and emanations. Super-legislature. |