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Important Court Cases
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1. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Near v Minnesota 1931
Clinton v New York 1998
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
2. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Olmstead v US 1928
3. 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
Dennis v US 1951
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
4. 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
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
New York Times v US 1971
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
5. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Roe v Wade 1973
US v Eichman 1990
Texas v Johnson 1989
6. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
United States v Lopez 1995
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Miranda v Arizona 1966
7. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Near v Minnesota 1931
United States v Lopez 1995
8. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Roe v Wade 1973
Korematsu v US 1944
9. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Betts v Brady 1942
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
10. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Schenck v US 1919
Roe v Wade 1973
Texas v Johnson 1989
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
11. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
US v Nixon 1974
Furman v Georgia 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
12. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Bush v Gore 2000
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
13. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
South Dakota v Dole 1987
US v Nixon 1974
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
14. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Virginia v Black 2002
Smith v Allwright 1944
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
15. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Bush v Gore 2000
Kelo v New London 2005
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
16. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Weeks v US 1914
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Near v Minnesota 1931
17. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Roe v Wade 1973
Virginia v Black 2002
Lawrence v Texas 2003
18. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Furman v Georgia 1972
19. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Engel v Vitale 1962
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Marbury v Madison 1803
20. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Dennis v US 1951
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
21. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
New York Times v US 1971
Fletcher v Peck 1810
22. 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
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Buckley v Baleo 1976
23. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Engel v Vitale 1962
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
24. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Schenck v US 1919
New York Times v US 1971
Furman v Georgia 1972
25. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Smith v Allwright 1944
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
26. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
US v Nixon 1974
Furman v Georgia 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
US v Eichman 1990
27. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Engel v Vitale 1962
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Gitlow v NY 1925
28. Right to privacy
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
29. You can burn the flag
Roe v Wade 1973
Texas v Johnson 1989
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Gitlow v NY 1925
30. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Betts v Brady 1942
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
31. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
32. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Bush v Gore 2000
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
33. Established judicial review
Lawrence v Texas 2003
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Marbury v Madison 1803
Fletcher v Peck 1810
34. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Clinton v New York 1998
US v Eichman 1990
Korematsu v US 1944
Texas v Johnson 1989
35. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Gregg v Georgia 1976
36. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Clinton v New York 1998
37. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Kelo v New London 2005
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Smith v Allwright 1944
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
38. Established exclusionary rule
US v Eichman 1990
Weeks v US 1914
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
39. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Roe v Wade 1973
US v Eichman 1990
Clinton v New York 1998
40. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
US v Nixon 1974
Texas v Johnson 1989
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Mapp v Ohio 1961
41. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Engel v Vitale 1962
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Bush v Gore 2000
42. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
Smith v Allwright 1944
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Baker v Carr 1962
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
43. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Engel v Vitale 1962
Miranda v Arizona 1966
New York Times v US 1971
44. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Furman v Georgia 1972
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
New York Times v US 1971
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
45. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Roe v Wade 1973
Mapp v Ohio 1961
46. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Virginia v Black 2002
Marbury v Madison 1803
47. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Engel v Vitale 1962
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
United States v Lopez 1995
Clinton v New York 1998
48. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Barron v Baltimore 1819
49. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
50. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
Miller v California 1973
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987