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Important Court Cases
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1. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Clinton v New York 1998
Engel v Vitale 1962
2. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Schenck v US 1919
Grayned v City of rockford 1972
Cox v New Hampshire 1941
3. You can burn the flag
Powell v Alabama 1932
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Texas v Johnson 1989
Schenck v US 1919
4. Forbids state-mandated bible reading
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Texas v Johnson 1989
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
5. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Schenck v US 1919
6. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)
Lawrence v Texas 2003
New York Times v US 1971
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
US v Eichman 1990
7. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
New York Times v US 1971
Schenck v US 1919
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
8. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Near v Minnesota 1931
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
9. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment
Smith v Allwright 1944
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
10. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Clinton v New York 1998
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
11. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments
Wesberry v Sanders 1963
Lloyd corporation v Tanner 1972
Katz v US 1967
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
12. Separate but equal for races
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
US v Eichman 1990
Clinton v New York 1998
13. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states
Gitlow v NY 1925
Fletcher v Peck 1810
Weeks v US 1914
Texas v Johnson 1989
14. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke
Grutter & Gratz v Bollinger 2003
United States v Lopez 1995
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
15. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Betts v Brady 1942
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Miranda v Arizona 1966
16. Established exclusionary rule
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Korematsu v US 1944
Weeks v US 1914
17. Extended exclusionary rule to the states
Abington School District v Schempp 1963
Mapp v Ohio 1961
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Katz v US 1967
18. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
Katz v US 1967
Gitlow v NY 1925
19. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
Powell v Alabama 1932
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Near v Minnesota 1931
20. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts
Baker v Carr 1962
Powell v Alabama 1932
Gitlow v NY 1925
Engel v Vitale 1962
21. Right to privacy
Smith v Allwright 1944
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
Virginia v Black 2002
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
22. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)
Baker v Carr 1962
Mapp v Ohio 1961
McCulloch v Maryland 1819
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
23. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Clinton v New York 1998
24. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools
Kelo v New London 2005
Engel v Vitale 1962
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
25. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
Bush v Gore 2000
Gideon v Wainwright 1963
US v Eichman 1990
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
26. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Betts v Brady 1942
US v Eichman 1990
Powell v Alabama 1932
27. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Katz v US 1967
Schenck v US 1919
Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000
28. 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
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Miller v California 1973
29. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Furman v Georgia 1972
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US 1964
30. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act
US v Eichman 1990
Dennis v US 1951
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Clinton v New York 1998
31. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases
Smith v Allwright 1944
Near v Minnesota 1931
Betts v Brady 1942
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
32. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional
Miranda v Arizona 1966
Woodson v North Carolina 1976
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Texas v Johnson 1989
33. 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
Planned Parenthood v Casey 1992
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
34. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce
Near v Minnesota 1931
Gibbons v Ogden 1824
Thornhill v Alabama 1940
Dennis v US 1951
35. States cannot set term limits on members of congress
Katz v US 1967
Fletcher v Peck 1810
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
Roe v Wade 1973
36. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments
US v Nixon 1974
DeJonge v Oregon 1937
Epperson v Arkansas 1968
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
37. 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
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
US v Eichman 1990
Gitlow v NY 1925
38. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Olmstead v US 1928
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
39. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy
Miller v California 1973
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Betts v Brady 1942
Lawrence v Texas 2003
40. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold
Virginia v Black 2002
Gitlow v NY 1925
South Dakota v Dole 1987
Roe v Wade 1973
41. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation
Smith v Allwright 1944
Katz v US 1967
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Griswold v Connecticut 1965
42. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'
Smith v Allwright 1944
Brown v Board 2nd 1955
Shaw v Reno 1993 and Miller v Johnson 1995
Fletcher v Peck 1810
43. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka 1954
Powell v Alabama 1932
44. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional
Weeks v US 1914
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Virginia v Black 2002
45. Gave states more power to regulate abortion
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Lemon v Kurtzman 1971
New York Times v US 1971
Webster v Reproductive Health Services 1987
46. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity
New York Times v Sullivan 1964
Barron v Baltimore 1819
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978
Fletcher v Peck 1810
47. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools
US v Nixon 1974
United States v Lopez 1995
Katzenbach v McClung 1964
Gregg v Georgia 1976
48. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action
Brandenburg v Ohio 1969
Lawrence v Texas 2003
Katz v US 1967
US Term Limits v Thornton 1995
49. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools
United States v Lopez 1995
Oregon v Elstad 1985
Katz v US 1967
Engel v Vitale 1962
50. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech
Hustler Magazine v Falwell 1988
Bethel School district v Fraser 1986
Chaplinsky v New Hampshire 1942
Katzenbach v McClung 1964