AP Government: List of Important Cases
Look at the example of court summary on my website. Using the
example, use sites like landmarkcases.org, oyez.org, or google each
case and do a legal brief of each case.
Adarand Contractors v. Pena (1995)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Barron v. Baltimore (1883)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954, 1955)
Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
Bush v. Gore
Clinton v. Jones (1997)
Clinton v. City of New York (1998)
Engle v. Vitale (1962)
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
Furman v. Georgia
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Gregg v. Georgia
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US (1964)
INS v. Chadha (1983)
Korematsu v. US
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
McConnell v. FEC (2003)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Miller v. California (1973)
Miller v. Johnson (1995)
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
New York Times Co. v. US (1971)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Roth v. US (1957)
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
Schenck v. US (1919
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Tinker v. Des Moines Community School District (1969)
UC Regents v. Bakke
US v. Nixon (1974)
Wesberry v. Sanders (1965)