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Important Court Cases
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1. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Dennis v US 1951
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
2. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Roe v Wade 1973
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Engel v Vitale 1962
3. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
US v Nixon 1974
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
4. Separate is not equal
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Weeks v US 1914
Betts v Brady 1942
6. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Weeks v US 1914
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
7. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Miller v California 1973
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Mapp v Ohio 1961
8. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
United States v Lopez 1995
Betts v Brady 1942
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
9. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Virginia v Black 2002
United States v Lopez 1995
10. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Texas v Johnson 1989
Furman v Georgia 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
Weeks v US 1914
11. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Kelo v New London 2005
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gregg v Georgia 1976
12. You can burn the flag
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
US v Nixon 1974
Kelo v New London 2005
Texas v Johnson 1989
13. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Furman v Georgia 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
14. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Bush v Gore 2000
15. 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
Smith v Allwright 1944
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Weeks v US 1914
16. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Gitlow v NY 1925
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
17. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Korematsu v US 1944
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Furman v Georgia 1972
18. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
19. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
20. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
21. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Furman v Georgia 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
22. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
United States v Lopez 1995
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
New York Times v US 1971
23. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
24. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
US v Nixon 1974
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Fletcher v Peck 1810
25. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Roe v Wade 1973
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Fletcher v Peck 1810
26. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Korematsu v US 1944
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Virginia v Black 2002
Roe v Wade 1973
27. 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
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Texas v Johnson 1989
Buckley v Baleo 1976
28. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Gitlow v NY 1925
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Olmstead v US 1928
Lawrence v Texas 2003
29. 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
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Miller v California 1973
30. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Miranda v Arizona 1966
31. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Katz v US 1967
Virginia v Black 2002
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
South Dakota v Dole 1987
32. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Weeks v US 1914
33. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
US v Nixon 1974
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
34. 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
Near v Minnesota 1931
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
New York Times v US 1971
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
35. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
United States v Lopez 1995
Kelo v New London 2005
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
36. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
New York Times v US 1971
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
37. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Gitlow v NY 1925
38. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Engel v Vitale 1962
Schenck v US 1919
39. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
40. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Marbury v Madison 1803
US v Eichman 1990
Betts v Brady 1942
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
41. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Baker v Carr 1962
Gitlow v NY 1925
42. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Bush v Gore 2000
43. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Marbury v Madison 1803
Near v Minnesota 1931
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
44. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Powell v Alabama 1932
Gitlow v NY 1925
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
45. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
US v Nixon 1974
Furman v Georgia 1972
Olmstead v US 1928
46. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Virginia v Black 2002
Katz v US 1967
47. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Clinton v New York 1998
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Schenck v US 1919
48. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Clinton v New York 1998
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
49. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Virginia v Black 2002
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Miller v California 1973
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
50. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
United States v Lopez 1995
Cox v New Hampshire 1941