Supreme Court of the United States, 1938

Gardner v. Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 10, 1938

305 U.S. 559; 59 S. Ct. 90 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Messrs. Robert G. Dodge and Harold S. Davis for appellants., No appearance for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Griswold v. Connecticut (Supreme Court of the United States 1965)
Friedman v. Markendorf (Supreme Court of the United States 1940)
State v. Certain Contraceptive Materials (Connecticut Superior Court 1939)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The appeals herein are dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Powell v. Pennsylvania, 127 U. S. 678, 685; Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U. S. 11, 26-27; Graves v. Minnesota, 272 U. S. 425, 428; Lambert v. Yellowley, 272 U. S. 581, 596.

Reported below: 15 N. E. 2d 222.

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