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Important Court Cases
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1. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Barron v Baltimore 1819
2. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Kelo v New London 2005
Weeks v US 1914
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Engel v Vitale 1962
3. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
4. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Schenck v US 1919
5. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Marbury v Madison 1803
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Kelo v New London 2005
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
6. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Furman v Georgia 1972
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Weeks v US 1914
7. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Betts v Brady 1942
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
8. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Roe v Wade 1973
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
9. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
US v Eichman 1990
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
10. Court rebuffed an attempt by state of New Hampshire to take control of Dartmouth by holding that Dartmouth's corporate charter was qualified as a contract between private parties
Katz v US 1967
Engel v Vitale 1962
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
11. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Kelo v New London 2005
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
12. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Clinton v New York 1998
Engel v Vitale 1962
13. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
New York Times v US 1971
14. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Miller v California 1973
15. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Smith v Allwright 1944
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Gregg v Georgia 1976
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
16. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
New York Times v US 1971
Bush v Gore 2000
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
17. Separate but equal for races
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Smith v Allwright 1944
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
18. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Marbury v Madison 1803
19. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Clinton v New York 1998
Schenck v US 1919
Miller v California 1973
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
20. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Dennis v US 1951
Kelo v New London 2005
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
21. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
US v Eichman 1990
Near v Minnesota 1931
Virginia v Black 2002
Schenck v US 1919
22. Helped states to engage in eminent domain - said that fifth amendment right to take private property for public use is legal for states without eminent domain
Smith v Allwright 1944
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Barron v Baltimore 1819
23. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Miller v California 1973
24. You can burn the flag
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Texas v Johnson 1989
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Virginia v Black 2002
25. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Powell v Alabama 1932
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
26. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Gitlow v NY 1925
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Texas v Johnson 1989
Schenck v US 1919
27. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gregg v Georgia 1976
28. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Fletcher v Peck 1810
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Near v Minnesota 1931
29. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Texas v Johnson 1989
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
30. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Olmstead v US 1928
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
31. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
US v Nixon 1974
Weeks v US 1914
32. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Katz v US 1967
Gitlow v NY 1925
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
33. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Smith v Allwright 1944
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
US v Nixon 1974
34. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Engel v Vitale 1962
Weeks v US 1914
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
35. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Gregg v Georgia 1976
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
36. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Korematsu v US 1944
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Bush v Gore 2000
37. Intentional infliction of emotional distress was permissible First Amendment speech as long as it was about a public official - and no one would actually think it was fact
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Gregg v Georgia 1976
38. Established judicial review
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Marbury v Madison 1803
Roe v Wade 1973
39. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
40. Established exclusionary rule
Engel v Vitale 1962
Weeks v US 1914
Virginia v Black 2002
Miranda v Arizona 1966
41. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Betts v Brady 1942
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Dennis v US 1951
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
42. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Korematsu v US 1944
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Furman v Georgia 1972
43. Right to privacy
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
44. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Miller v California 1973
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
45. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Engel v Vitale 1962
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
46. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Baker v Carr 1962
47. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Smith v Allwright 1944
Korematsu v US 1944
Clinton v New York 1998
48. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Bush v Gore 2000
Korematsu v US 1944
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
49. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
50. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Powell v Alabama 1932
Virginia v Black 2002