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Important Court Cases
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1. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Weeks v US 1914
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
2. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Marbury v Madison 1803
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
3. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Gitlow v NY 1925
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Korematsu v US 1944
4. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
South Dakota v Dole 1987
5. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Virginia v Black 2002
Mapp v Ohio 1961
South Dakota v Dole 1987
6. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers
Korematsu v US 1944
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Kelo v New London 2005
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
7. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
8. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
9. 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
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Bush v Gore 2000
Fletcher v Peck 1810
10. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
11. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
12. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Katz v US 1967
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Dennis v US 1951
Weeks v US 1914
13. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned
Engel v Vitale 1962
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Smith v Allwright 1944
Virginia v Black 2002
14. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
US v Nixon 1974
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
15. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Texas v Johnson 1989
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
16. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Engel v Vitale 1962
Betts v Brady 1942
Dennis v US 1951
17. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Powell v Alabama 1932
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
18. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
19. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Buckley v Baleo 1976
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
20. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Weeks v US 1914
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Olmstead v US 1928
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
21. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Baker v Carr 1962
Bush v Gore 2000
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Lawrence v Texas 2003
22. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
US v Eichman 1990
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
23. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Near v Minnesota 1931
Smith v Allwright 1944
United States v Lopez 1995
24. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
25. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Tinker v Des Moines 1969
Gregg v Georgia 1976
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
26. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)
Dennis v US 1951
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Smith v Allwright 1944
Buckley v Baleo 1976
27. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
28. 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
Weeks v US 1914
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Miller v California 1973
29. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Olmstead v US 1928
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Clinton v New York 1998
30. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Betts v Brady 1942
Katz v US 1967
Texas v Johnson 1989
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
31. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons
Roe v Wade 1973
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
32. Separate is not equal
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
33. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Fletcher v Peck 1810
United States v Lopez 1995
34. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Oregon v Elstad 1985
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
35. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
36. 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
Marbury v Madison 1803
Korematsu v US 1944
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
37. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
US v Nixon 1974
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
38. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Dennis v US 1951
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Miranda v Arizona 1966
New York Times v US 1971
39. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses
Bush v Gore 2000
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
40. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
41. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972
Weeks v US 1914
US v Eichman 1990
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
42. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Korematsu v US 1944
Katz v US 1967
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
43. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional
Near v Minnesota 1931
United States v Lopez 1995
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Marbury v Madison 1803
44. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found
Engel v Vitale 1962
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Furman v Georgia 1972
United States v Lopez 1995
45. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Virginia v Black 2002
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
46. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Schenck v US 1919
Powell v Alabama 1932
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
South Dakota v Dole 1987
47. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
New York Times v US 1971
48. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Roe v Wade 1973
Furman v Georgia 1972
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Miranda v Arizona 1966
49. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Dartmouth college v woodward 1819
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
50. Established exclusionary rule
Korematsu v US 1944
Weeks v US 1914
Kelo v New London 2005
Gitlow v NY 1925