United States v. One Package - Significance, No Fun For Anyone, Comstock's Nemesis, A Public Sea Change, Fallout
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Appellant
United States
Appellee
Dr. Hannah M. Stone, claimant for "one package" (of merchandise)
Appellant's Claim
That Stone did not have the legal right to import one package of contraceptive devices into the United States, according to the 1930 Tariff Act.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Morris L. Ernst
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Lamar Hardy
Judges
Augustus N. Hand, Learned Hand, Thomas Swan
Place
New York, New York
Date of Decision
7 December 1936
Decision
Laws prohibiting Americans from importing contraceptive devices or items causing "unlawful abortion" did not apply to physicians who used the items to protect the health of patients.
Related Cases
- New York v. Sanger, 118 N.E. 637 (1918).
- Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1964).
- Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972).
Further Readings
- Chesler, Ellen. Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America. New York: Doubleday/Anchor Books, 1992.
- Garrow, David J. Liberty and Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade. New York: Macmillan Publishing Group, 1994.
- Sicherman, Barbara, and Carol Hurd Green. Notable American Women: The Modern Period. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press, 1980.
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