Online Reading: US Supreme Court Cases

 

Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963) - bible reading

Abrams v. U.S., 250 U.S. 616 (1919) - speech

Adamson v. California, 332 U.S. 46 (1947) - incorporation

American Insurance Association v Garamendi - Holocaust Survivors Insurance -#02-722

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union (2002) - Child Online Protection Act

Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (2002) - Child Pornography Prevention Act

Atkins v. Virginia (2002) - Execution of Mentally Retarded

Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962) - apportionment

Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 501 U.S. 560 (1991) - obscenity

Barron v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 32 U.S. 243 (1833) - incorporation

Board of Education v. Earls (2002) - Drug Testing Student Athletes

Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) - privacy and gay rights

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969) - speech

Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972) - shield laws

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) - segregation

Burstyn v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 (1952) - freedom of screen

Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940) - religion

Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942) - speech

Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752 (1969) - 4th Amendment

Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883)

Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971) - speech

Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130 (1967) - libel

De Jonge v. Oregon, 299 U.S. 353 (1937) - assembly

Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951) - speech

Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S.145 (1968) - incorporation

Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987) - creationism

Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962) - prayers in school

Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478 (1964) - due process

Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing, 330 U.S. 1 (1947) religion

Ewing v California - Three Strikes Sentencing - #01-6978

Ex Parte Mitsuye Endo, 323 U.S. 283 (1944) - Japanese relocation

Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866) - habeas corpus

Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina Ports Authority (state immunity from suits), #01-46

Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973) - womens rights

Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) - death penalty | Synopsis

Georgia v Ashcroft -Voting Rights - #02-182

Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974) - libel

Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963) - right to counsel

Gillette v U.S., 401 U.S. 437 (1971) - draft

Gitlow v. N.Y., 268 U.S. 652 (1925) - speech

Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976) - death penalty

Gratz v Bollinger - Affirmative Action Quotas - #02-516

Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965) - privacy and birth control | Synopsis

Grutter v Bollinger - Affirmative Action -  #02-241

Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education of School District, 333 U.S. 203 (1948) - released time

In re Debs, 158 U.S. 564 (1895) - speech

Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964) - obscenity

Jenkins v. Georgia, 418 U.S. 153 (1974) - obscenity

Kiyoshi Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81 (1943) - Japanese relocation

Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) - Japanese relocation

Lawrence v Texas (2002) - Homosexual rights - #02-102

Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971) - church and state

Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1906) - higher law

Lockyer v Andrade -Three Strikes Sentencing - #01-1127

Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) - 4th amendment | Synopsis

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) - judicial review

McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987) - death penalty

McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819) - implied powers

McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948) - released time

Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)

Miller-El v Cockrell - Death Penalty Appeal - #01-7662

Minersville School District v. Board of Education, 310 U.S. 586 (1940) - flag salute

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) - due process

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938) - segregation

Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908) - social legislation

Munn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1876) - social legislation

Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931) - prior restraint

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) - libel

New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971) - Pentagon Papers

Norris v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 587 (1935) - due process

Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928) - wiretapping | Synopsis

Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319 (1937) - incorporation

Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925) - religion

Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) - abortion

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) - segregation

Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932) - due process

R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377 (1992)

Reed v. Reed, 404 U.S. 71 (1971) - women's rights

Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) - affirmative action | Synopsis

Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964) - apportionment

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) - privacy and abortion

Romer v. Evans, U.S. (1996) - gay and lesbian rights | Synopsis

Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957) - obscenity

Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (1991) - abortion

Scales v. United States, 367 U.S. 203 (1961) - speech

Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919) - speech

Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) - status of Blacks

Selective Draft Law Cases, 245 U.S. 366 (1918) - draft

Slaughterhouse Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1872) - privileges and Immunities

Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944) - white primary

Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969) - obscenity

Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950) - segregation

Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (2002) - zoning authority

Texas v Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989) - flag burning

United States v. Carolene Products Cys, 304 U.S. 144 (1938) - preferred freedoms

United States v. Drayton (2002) - random searches of bus passengers

United States v. E. C. Knight Company, 156 U.S. 1 (1895) - commerce

United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939) - obscenity

United States v. OBrien, 391 U.S. 367 (1968) - speech

United States v. Seeger, 380 U.S. 163 (1965) - draft

Watchtower Bible & Tract Society v. Village of Stratton (2002) - door to door soliciting

Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178 (1957) - speech

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989) - abortion

Welsh v. United States, 398 U.S. 333 (1970)

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) - flag salute

Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) - speech

Wiggins v Smith - Counsel in Capital Case - #02-311

Yates v. United States, 354 U.S. 298 (1957) - speech

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (tuition vouchers), #00-1751

Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952) - released time