http://www.oyez.org/cases/1964/podcast U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_496/argument-2 Griswold was the Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut. Both she and the Medical Director for the League gave information, instruction, and other medical advice to married couples concerning birth control. Griswold and her colleague were convicted under a Connecticut law which criminalized the provision of counselling, and other medical treatment, to married persons for purposes of preventing conception. Mon, 29 Mar 1965 13:00:00 +0000 53920 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_496/argument-1 Griswold was the Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut. Both she and the Medical Director for the League gave information, instruction, and other medical advice to married couples concerning birth control. Griswold and her colleague were convicted under a Connecticut law which criminalized the provision of counselling, and other medical treatment, to married persons for purposes of preventing conception. Mon, 29 Mar 1965 13:00:00 +0000 53919 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_95/argument Victor Linkletter was convicted in state court on evidence illegally obtained by police prior to the Supreme Court decision concerning the Fourth Amendment in Mapp v. Ohio. Mapp applied the exclusionary rule to state criminal proceedings, denying the use of illegally obtained evidence at trial. Linkletter argued for a retrial based on the Mapp decision. Thu, 11 Mar 1965 13:00:00 +0000 53925 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_69/argument Maryland required that all films be submitted to a board of censors before being exhibited. The board could disapprove films that were obscene, debased or corrupted morals, or tended to incite crime. There was no time limit on the decision-making process. Ronald Freedman challenged the law as unconstitutional due to the procedures to obtain approval. He did not suggest that prior approval itself was unconstitutional. Thu, 19 Nov 1964 13:00:00 +0000 53927 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_38/argument Since the late 19th century, Texas sold land to facilitate settlement in the state and construction of schools. If, however, a purchaser missed an interest payment on the property, the land was immediately forfeited back to the state unless the owner made the payment before the land could be re-sold. Under this program, Greenbury Simmons purchased and then forfeited some land in 1947. Just over five years later he offered to pay the interest to re-acquire the property. The state refused to comply with his wishes citing a 1941 amendment to its law which gave individuals five years to claim their forfeited land. Simmons's land was sold to the City of El Paso in 1955. Tue, 17 Nov 1964 13:00:00 +0000 53922 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_24/argument On the morning of December 15, 1961, Elton Cox led a some 2000 students on an anti-discrimination march that ended in a large assembly before the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, courthouse building. Following police instructions, the demonstrators confined themselves to the west side of the street so as not to interfere with traffic. As the lunch hour neared, Cox encouraged the demonstrators to seek service at any one of several near-by segregated lunch counters. Upon hearing this, the police urged the crowd to disband and began pushing them away from the courthouse. When the demonstrators resisted, police showered them with tear gas and chased them away. The following day, Louisiana police arrested and charged Cox with "disturbing the peace." On appeal from the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision upholding an adverse district court ruling, the Supreme Court granted Cox certiorari. Wed, 21 Oct 1964 13:00:00 +0000 53921 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_2/argument None Mon, 12 Oct 1964 13:00:00 +0000 53924 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_515/argument Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade racial discrimination by places of public accommodation if their operations affected commerce. The Heart of Atlanta Motel in Atlanta, Georgia, refused to accept Black Americans and was charged with violating Title II. Mon, 05 Oct 1964 13:00:00 +0000 53923 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_543/argument The owner of Ollie's Barbecue, in Birmingham Alabama, refused to serve blacks in apparent violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Part of the Act prevented restaurants serving interstate travelers, or receiving a substantial amount of their food from interstate commerce, from discriminating on the basis of race. Mon, 05 Oct 1964 13:00:00 +0000 53926 at http://www.oyez.org