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| (1964): overturned Ohio court banning a French film for obscenity |
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| (1964): Supreme court overturned Florida law that made cohabitation by two unmarried people, one black and one white, illegal |
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| (1965): Constitution protects the right to privacy, including marital privacy, allowing couples to use birth control |
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| (1967): Ruled it unconstitutional to place legal restrictions on marriage between different races (interracial marriages were made legal throughout the US) |
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| (1972): Made it legal for unmarried couples to purchase contraceptives from any store (not just a doctor or pharmacist), under Equal Protection Clause |
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| (1973): Some obscene material is not constitutional protected by the 1st amendment, came up with Miller test to define obscene material |
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| (1973): under due process, woman's right to abortion is protected |
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| FCC v. Pacifica Foundation |
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| (1978): Gave FCC power to define indecency and block programming during hours that children were likely to be exposed (TV and Radio) |
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| (1986): Upheld Georgia's sodomy law which had oral or anal sex illegal between consenting homosexual adults. Said did not fall under right to privacy |
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| (1996): Declared an amendment to Colorado state constitution that prohibited a city, town, or county from making gay and lesbians as protected citizens, unconstitutional |
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| (1997): ruled anti-indecency provisions in Communications Decency Act (CDA) were unconstitutional, allowing internet adult content |
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| (2003): Struck down state law that banned sodomy between homosexuals and heterosexuals |
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