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Important Court Cases
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1. 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
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Roe v Wade 1973
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
2. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Texas v Johnson 1989
Roe v Wade 1973
Miller v California 1973
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
3. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Betts v Brady 1942
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Gitlow v NY 1925
4. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Marbury v Madison 1803
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Kelo v New London 2005
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
5. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Smith v Allwright 1944
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
6. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Marbury v Madison 1803
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Barron v Baltimore 1819
7. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
US v Nixon 1974
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
8. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Katz v US 1967
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Korematsu v US 1944
9. 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
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
10. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Virginia v Black 2002
Miller v California 1973
Near v Minnesota 1931
11. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Near v Minnesota 1931
Dennis v US 1951
Schenck v US 1919
Clinton v New York 1998
12. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Texas v Johnson 1989
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Kelo v New London 2005
13. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
Schenck v US 1919
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Oregon v Elstad 1985
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
14. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
New York Times v US 1971
Smith v Allwright 1944
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
15. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Miller v California 1973
Schenck v US 1919
16. You can burn the flag
Texas v Johnson 1989
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
17. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
18. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Gitlow v NY 1925
Schenck v US 1919
Katz v US 1967
19. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times
Miller v California 1973
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
US v Nixon 1974
Powell v Alabama 1932
20. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war
Katz v US 1967
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
21. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Kelo v New London 2005
Roe v Wade 1973
US v Nixon 1974
Oregon v Elstad 1985
22. Established judicial review
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Dennis v US 1951
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Marbury v Madison 1803
23. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Olmstead v US 1928
Virginia v Black 2002
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
24. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Miller v California 1973
Weeks v US 1914
Gitlow v NY 1925
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
25. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Katz v US 1967
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
26. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
US v Eichman 1990
US v Nixon 1974
27. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
United States v Lopez 1995
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Fletcher v Peck 1810
28. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Marbury v Madison 1803
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
29. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Powell v Alabama 1932
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Olmstead v US 1928
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 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
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Lawrence v Texas 2003
31. 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
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Betts v Brady 1942
32. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Near v Minnesota 1931
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
33. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Furman v Georgia 1972
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Schenck v US 1919
34. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Betts v Brady 1942
Mapp v Ohio 1961
US v Eichman 1990
35. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Clinton v New York 1998
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Dennis v US 1951
36. Right to privacy
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Furman v Georgia 1972
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
37. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Texas v Johnson 1989
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Near v Minnesota 1931
38. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Baker v Carr 1962
Clinton v New York 1998
39. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Barron v Baltimore 1819
US v Nixon 1974
40. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Betts v Brady 1942
Gitlow v NY 1925
Baker v Carr 1962
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
41. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Virginia v Black 2002
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
42. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
New York Times v US 1971
South Dakota v Dole 1987
43. Separate is not equal
Engel v Vitale 1962
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
US v Eichman 1990
44. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Weeks v US 1914
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
45. Established exclusionary rule
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Weeks v US 1914
46. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
47. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
48. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
49. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Kelo v New London 2005
Mapp v Ohio 1961
50. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Escobedo v Illinois 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995