<P> Although the Bill of Rights does not explicitly mention `` privacy '' , Justice William O. Douglas wrote for the majority that the right was to be found in the `` penumbras '' and `` emanations '' of other constitutional protections , such as the self - incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment . Justice Arthur Goldberg wrote a concurring opinion in which he used the Ninth Amendment in support of the Supreme Court 's ruling . Justice Byron White and Justice John Marshall Harlan II wrote concurring opinions in which they argued that privacy is protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment . </P>
who wrote the opinion in griswold v connecticut
Justice William O. Douglas Justice Arthur Goldberg Justice Byron White Justice John Marshall Harlan II