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Important Court Cases
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1. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
United States v Lopez 1995
2. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Oregon v Elstad 1985
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Betts v Brady 1942
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
3. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
US v Eichman 1990
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Barron v Baltimore 1819
4. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Katz v US 1967
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
6. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Olmstead v US 1928
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Bush v Gore 2000
7. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Powell v Alabama 1932
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
8. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Katz v US 1967
South Dakota v Dole 1987
9. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Weeks v US 1914
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
10. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Marbury v Madison 1803
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Fletcher v Peck 1810
11. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
12. Established judicial review
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Schenck v US 1919
Marbury v Madison 1803
Powell v Alabama 1932
13. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Katz v US 1967
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
14. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Dennis v US 1951
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
15. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Near v Minnesota 1931
Schenck v US 1919
Mapp v Ohio 1961
16. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Bush v Gore 2000
Miller v California 1973
Texas v Johnson 1989
Baker v Carr 1962
17. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Korematsu v US 1944
Lawrence v Texas 2003
US v Eichman 1990
18. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Betts v Brady 1942
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
19. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Texas v Johnson 1989
20. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Schenck v US 1919
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
21. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Olmstead v US 1928
22. Right to privacy
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Engel v Vitale 1962
23. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
US v Nixon 1974
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Korematsu v US 1944
Katz v US 1967
24. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Dennis v US 1951
25. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
Texas v Johnson 1989
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
26. Giving money to political campaign = free speech - so wealthy people can now spend as much of their own money as they want if they choose to run for federal office
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
27. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
United States v Lopez 1995
New York Times v US 1971
28. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
Furman v Georgia 1972
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
29. 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
Schenck v US 1919
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
30. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Bush v Gore 2000
Baker v Carr 1962
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
31. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Gitlow v NY 1925
Near v Minnesota 1931
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
32. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Dennis v US 1951
Katz v US 1967
33. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Virginia v Black 2002
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
34. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Near v Minnesota 1931
Schenck v US 1919
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Gregg v Georgia 1976
35. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Miller v California 1973
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
36. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
37. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Smith v Allwright 1944
United States v Lopez 1995
38. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Mapp v Ohio 1961
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Furman v Georgia 1972
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
39. You can burn the flag
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Baker v Carr 1962
Texas v Johnson 1989
40. 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
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
41. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Virginia v Black 2002
Katz v US 1967
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
42. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
43. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Miller v California 1973
Korematsu v US 1944
Gitlow v NY 1925
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
44. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Virginia v Black 2002
Engel v Vitale 1962
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
45. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Katz v US 1967
46. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Clinton v New York 1998
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Buckley v Baleo 1976
47. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Powell v Alabama 1932
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
48. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Betts v Brady 1942
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
49. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Furman v Georgia 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
50. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988