# Kenneth Wynne

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**Kenneth Wynne** (May 6, 1888 – August 19, 1971) was a justice of the [Connecticut Supreme Court](/source/Connecticut_Supreme_Court) from 1953 to 1958.

## Early life, education, and career

Born in [Unionville (later Farmington), Connecticut](/source/Farmington,_Connecticut), to attorney John F. Wynne and Henrietta Barnes Kinney Wynne, the family moved to [New Haven, Connecticut](/source/New_Haven,_Connecticut), where the Wynne's father opened a law office. Wynne attended the public schools of New Haven, graduating from [New Haven High School](/source/New_Haven_High_School_(Connecticut)), and working for a time as a newspaper reporter.[1]

Wynne graduated from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) and went on to [Yale Law School](/source/Yale_Law_School), where he was a member of the school's debate team and on the board of the [Yale Law Journal](/source/Yale_Law_Journal), before receiving an [LL.B.](/source/LL.B.) in 1910.[1][2] He gained [admission to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar) the same year, and thereafter held a variety of positions in public service first as clerk of the State Senate in 1913, then was executive secretary to Governor [Simeon E. Baldwin](/source/Simeon_E._Baldwin) in 1914 and 1915.[1] Wynne and his father practiced law in New Haven as the firm of Wynne and Wynne until 1921, when Wynne's father died.[1] Wynne then practiced with various other attorneys, and was appointed assistant city attorney for New Haven beginning in 1923.[1] During this period, Wynne "also served as acting coroner for New Haven County".[1] Wynne served as executive secretary to Governor [Wilbur Lucius Cross](/source/Wilbur_Lucius_Cross) from 1931 to 1935.[1][2]

## Judicial service

In 1936, Wynne was appointed to the Connecticut Superior Court,[1] and in 1939, he presided over a case in which defendants were prosecuted under a statute that made the use of birth control illegal in Connecticut. Wynne wrote a brief decision finding the wording of the law unconstitutional.[3] In 1953, Wynne was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court, serving as chief justice from 1957 until his mandatory retirement in 1958.[1]

Wynne died in retirement in [Woodbridge, Connecticut](/source/Woodbridge,_Connecticut).[1]

## References

1. J. Warren Upson, *[Connecticut Reports](https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/law/judge-attorney-biographies/w)* (1971), volume 161, p. 612-613.

1. "[Kenneth Wynne, 83, Connecticut Judge](https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/20/archives/kenneth-wynne-83-connecticut-judge.html)", *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* (August 20, 1971).

1. David J. Garrow, *Liberty and Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade* (2015), p. 67-70.

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