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Important Court Cases
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1. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Kelo v New London 2005
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Katz v US 1967
2. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Furman v Georgia 1972
3. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Roe v Wade 1973
4. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Clinton v New York 1998
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
New York Times v US 1971
Virginia v Black 2002
5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Olmstead v US 1928
6. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Dennis v US 1951
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
7. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
8. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Bush v Gore 2000
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
9. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Virginia v Black 2002
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
10. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Betts v Brady 1942
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
11. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
12. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
US v Nixon 1974
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
13. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Powell v Alabama 1932
14. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Betts v Brady 1942
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Miller v California 1973
15. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Buckley v Baleo 1976
United States v Lopez 1995
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Engel v Vitale 1962
16. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Roe v Wade 1973
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
17. 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
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
18. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Olmstead v US 1928
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
US v Nixon 1974
Lawrence v Texas 2003
19. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
US v Eichman 1990
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
20. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
Clinton v New York 1998
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
21. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Smith v Allwright 1944
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
22. Established exclusionary rule
Weeks v US 1914
New York Times v US 1971
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Miranda v Arizona 1966
23. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Clinton v New York 1998
Miranda v Arizona 1966
24. Right to privacy
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
25. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
26. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Engel v Vitale 1962
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Kelo v New London 2005
Clinton v New York 1998
27. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
28. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
United States v Lopez 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Oregon v Elstad 1985
29. Separate but equal for races
US v Nixon 1974
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Betts v Brady 1942
30. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Korematsu v US 1944
Barron v Baltimore 1819
31. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Furman v Georgia 1972
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
32. Separate is not equal
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Powell v Alabama 1932
33. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Texas v Johnson 1989
Virginia v Black 2002
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Near v Minnesota 1931
34. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Weeks v US 1914
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
35. 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
Olmstead v US 1928
New York Times v US 1971
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
36. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Marbury v Madison 1803
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
37. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Dennis v US 1951
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Katz v US 1967
38. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Betts v Brady 1942
39. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
40. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
United States v Lopez 1995
Betts v Brady 1942
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Fletcher v Peck 1810
41. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
42. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
43. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
New York Times v US 1971
Bush v Gore 2000
Miranda v Arizona 1966
44. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
US v Eichman 1990
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
45. 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
Engel v Vitale 1962
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
US v Nixon 1974
46. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Near v Minnesota 1931
South Dakota v Dole 1987
United States v Lopez 1995
47. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Furman v Georgia 1972
US v Nixon 1974
Schenck v US 1919
Miller v California 1973
48. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Katz v US 1967
Korematsu v US 1944
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
49. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
Miller v California 1973
United States v Lopez 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Smith v Allwright 1944
50. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Korematsu v US 1944