Wesley W. Horton
- Mar 30, 2017
Five Worst Decisions, Part IV
Last time, I said that Buxton v. Ullman, 147 Conn. 48 (1959), one of the four infamous contraception decisions leading up to Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), was the third worst decision in the history of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Today I report on the second worst decision, State v. Taborsky, 147 Conn. 194 (1960). Messrs. Joseph L. Taborsky and Arthur Culombe were convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The evidence included their confessions. In that e
Wesley W. Horton
- Mar 23, 2017
Five Worst Decisions, Part III
Read Part 2 – Five Worst Decisions. Last time I discussed the fourth worst decision in the history of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Cole v. Steinlauf, 144 Conn. 629 (1957). Today I will discuss the third worst decision, Buxton v. Ullman, 147 Conn. 48 (1959). Buxton is the most infamous of the four infamous contraceptive decisions between 1940 and 1964, holding that a statute preventing use of drugs or instruments to prevent contraception, even among spouses, and even if the
