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Important Court Cases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Powell v Alabama 1932
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Betts v Brady 1942
2. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Virginia v Black 2002
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Dennis v US 1951
3. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Schenck v US 1919
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
4. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Miller v California 1973
5. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Marbury v Madison 1803
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
6. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Weeks v US 1914
7. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Katz v US 1967
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
8. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
Korematsu v US 1944
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
9. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Dennis v US 1951
Miller v California 1973
10. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Clinton v New York 1998
Betts v Brady 1942
Bush v Gore 2000
11. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
12. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Engel v Vitale 1962
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Furman v Georgia 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
13. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Bush v Gore 2000
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
14. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Furman v Georgia 1972
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
15. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Korematsu v US 1944
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
16. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Powell v Alabama 1932
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
17. Established judicial review
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Roe v Wade 1973
Marbury v Madison 1803
Clinton v New York 1998
18. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
19. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Gitlow v NY 1925
20. You can burn the flag
US v Eichman 1990
Texas v Johnson 1989
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
21. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Near v Minnesota 1931
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
22. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Gitlow v NY 1925
US v Eichman 1990
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
New York Times v US 1971
23. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Katz v US 1967
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
24. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Miller v California 1973
Furman v Georgia 1972
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
25. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Gitlow v NY 1925
Roe v Wade 1973
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Schenck v US 1919
26. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
27. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Baker v Carr 1962
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Gitlow v NY 1925
28. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Texas v Johnson 1989
Virginia v Black 2002
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
29. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Powell v Alabama 1932
Engel v Vitale 1962
Smith v Allwright 1944
Olmstead v US 1928
30. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
New York Times v US 1971
Kelo v New London 2005
31. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
32. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
33. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
US v Nixon 1974
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Olmstead v US 1928
34. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Mapp v Ohio 1961
35. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Katz v US 1967
Marbury v Madison 1803
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
36. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Engel v Vitale 1962
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
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
Dennis v US 1951
Roe v Wade 1973
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Betts v Brady 1942
38. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
US v Eichman 1990
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Miller v California 1973
Katz v US 1967
39. Separate is not equal
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Korematsu v US 1944
40. Separate but equal for races
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Betts v Brady 1942
41. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Texas v Johnson 1989
Marbury v Madison 1803
Oregon v Elstad 1985
42. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
US v Eichman 1990
Miller v California 1973
43. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Lawrence v Texas 2003
United States v Lopez 1995
Near v Minnesota 1931
44. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Korematsu v US 1944
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Baker v Carr 1962
Kelo v New London 2005
45. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
Virginia v Black 2002
46. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Near v Minnesota 1931
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
47. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Olmstead v US 1928
Engel v Vitale 1962
48. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Dennis v US 1951
Engel v Vitale 1962
Baker v Carr 1962
49. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Furman v Georgia 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gregg v Georgia 1976
50. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Escobedo v Illinois 1964