McGee v The Attorney General

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McGee v. Attorney General
Coat of arms of Ireland
Court	Supreme Court of Ireland
Full case name	Mary McGee v. The Attorney General and the Revenue Commissioners
Decided	19 December 1973
Citation	[1974] I.R. 284
Case history
Appealed from	High Court (O'Keeffe P.), 31 July 1972
Court membership
Judges sitting	FitzGerald C.J., Walsh, Budd, Henchy and Griffin J.J.
Case opinions
Decision by	Walsh, Budd, Henchy and Griffin J.J.
Dissent	FitzGerald C.J.
Keywords
Contraception Privacy

McGee v The Attorney General [1973] IR 284 was a judgment of the Irish Supreme Court in 1973 on marital privacy. By a decision of 4 to 1, the court conferred upon spouses a broad right to privacy in marital affairs.