United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries
American birth control legal case in 1936 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries, 86 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1936) (often just U.S. v. One Package), was an in rem United States Court of Appeals case in the Second Circuit involving birth control.
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United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | United States of America v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries |
Decided | December 7, 1936 (1936-12-07) |
Citation(s) | 86 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1936) |
Case history | |
Prior history | Appeal from order dismissing case, S.D.N.Y. (13 F. Supp. 334) |
Holding | |
Comstock Act could not bar shipment of contraceptives made by the order of a licensed medical doctor. S.D.N.Y. affirmed. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | L. Hand, A. N. Hand, Swan |
Case opinions | |
Majority | A. N. Hand, joined by unanimous court |
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