Catherine Roraback

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Catherine Roraback was a prominent American civil rights and civil liberties attorney best known for arguing the landmark reproductive rights case Griswold v. Connecticut before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Catherine Roraback canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American lawyer ⓘ
civil liberties attorney ⓘ
civil rights attorney ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
awardReceived Connecticut Bar Association awards for public service ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut Bar
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-10-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Mount Holyoke College ⓘ
Yale Law School ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Roraback ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil liberties law ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
reproductive rights law ⓘ
givenName Catherine ⓘ
hasRelative Alberto T. Roraback ⓘ
J. Henry Roraback ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for reproductive rights ⓘ
arguing Griswold v. Connecticut before the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
civil liberties litigation in Connecticut ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalCaseParticipatedIn Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ
Sheff v. O’Neill ⓘ
defense of Black Panther Party members in New Haven ⓘ
memberOf American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut ⓘ
movement civil rights movement ⓘ
reproductive rights movement ⓘ
women's rights movement ⓘ
name Catherine Roraback ⓘ
notableWork Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
civil liberties lawyer ⓘ
civil rights lawyer ⓘ
partOf Roraback family of Connecticut ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
placeOfDeath Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ
politicalAlignment liberal ⓘ
positionHeld president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut ⓘ
religion Unitarian Universalism ⓘ
residence Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
workLocation Connecticut ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ

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South Salem, New York → hasNotableResident → Catherine Roraback ⓘ
Catherine Roraback → name → Catherine Roraback ⓘ