SUpreme Court Cases
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name &
Year
Chief
Justice
Marbury v.
Madison,
1803
Marshall
Fletcher v.
Peck, 1810
Marshall
Dartmouth
College v.
Woodward,
1819
Marshall
McCulloch v.
Maryland,
1819
Marshall
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name &
Year
Chief
Justice
Cohens v.
Virginia,
1821
Marshall
Gibbons v.
Ogden, 1824
Marshall
Cherokee
Nation v.
Georgia,
1830
Marshall
Worchester v.
Georgia,
1832
Marshall
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name &
Year
Chief
Justice
Charles River
Bridge v.
Warren
Bridge, 1837
Taney
Dred Scott v.
Sanford, 1857
Taney
Ex Parte
Milligan,
1866
Chase
Slaughterhouse Cases,
1873
Chase
Munn v.
Illinois, 1877
Waite
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name &
Year
Chief
Justice
Santa Clara
County v.
Southern
Pacific RR,
1886
Wabash v.
Illinois, 1886
Waite
US v. EC
Knight Co.,
1895
Fuller
Plessy v.
Ferguson,
1896
Fuller
Insular
Cases, 19011905
Fuller
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name &
Year
Chief
Justice
Northern
Securities v.
US, 1904
Fuller
Lochner v.
New York,
1905
Fuller
Muller v.
Oregon, 1908
Fuller
Schenck v.
US, 1919
White
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name &
Year
Chief
Justice
US v. Butler,
1936
Hughes
Schecter
Poultry v.
US, 1936
Hughes
West Virginia
State B.O.E.
v. Barnette,
1943
Stone
Korematsu v.
US, 1944
Stone
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name
& Year
Chief
Justice
Mendez v.
Westminster,
1947
Vinson
Sweatt v.
Painter, 1950
Vinson
McLaurin v.
Oklahoma
Board of
Regents, 1950
Vinson
Dennis v. US,
1951
Vinson
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name
& Year
Chief
Justice
Brown v.
Board, 1954
Warren
Engel v.
Vitale, 1962
Warren
Abington
School
District v.
Schempp,
1963
Warren
Gideon v.
Wainwright,
1963
Warren
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name
& Year
Chief
Justice
Escobedo v.
Illinois, 1964
Warren
Heart of
Atlanta Motel
v. US, 1964
Warren
Griswold v
Connecticut,
1965
Warren
Miranda v.
Arizona, 1966
Warren
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name
& Year
Chief
Justice
Loving v.
Virginia,
1967
Warren
Tinker v. Des
Moines, 1969
Warren
Swann v.
CharlotteMecklenburg
Board of
Education,
1970
Burger
New York
Times v. US,
1971
Burger
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name
& Year
Chief
Justice
Roe v. Wade,
1973
Burger
US v. Nixon,
1974
Burger
Regents v.
Bakke, 1978
Burger
Texas v.
Johnson,
1989
Burger
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name
& Year
Chief
Justice
Bush v. Gore,
2000
Rehnquist
Boy Scouts v.
Dale, 2000
Rehnquist
Lawrence v.
Texas, 2003
Rehnquist
Hamdi v.
Rumsfeld,
2004
Rehnquist
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Case Name
& Year
Chief
Justice
Hamdan v.
Rumsfeld,
2006
Roberts
Citizens
United v.
Federal
Election
Commission,
2010
Roberts
National
Federation of
Independent
Business v.
Sebelius,
2012
Roberts
U.S. v.
Windsor,
2013
Roberts
Issue
Background
Outcome
SUpreme Court Cases
Group Discussion
1) Identify three cases you believe were the most
important or “earth-shaking” and explain why.
2) Identify three cases where you believe the court made a
mistake or an unjust decision and explain why you believe
so.
3) Choose the single most influential chief justice and
evaluate his impact.
4) Predict a case you believe may be overturned in the
future and explain why it may be overturned.
5) Evaluate the relative power of the Supreme Court, the
president and Congress in shaping our laws, economy and
society.
Famous Trials
Trial & Year
Anne Hutchinson
Trial, 1637
Salem Witchcraft
Trials, 1692
John Peter Zenger
Trial, 1735
Boston Massacre
Trial, 1770
Amistad Trial,
1839-1840
Johnson
Impeachment,
1868
Susan B. Anthony
Trial, 1873
Haymarket Trial,
1886
Issue
Significance
See here:
http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrials/
Famous Trials
Trial & Year
Sacco & Vanzetti
Trial, 1921
Scopes “Monkey”
Trial, 1925
Scottsboro Boys
Trials, 1931-1937
Nuremberg Trials,
1945-1949
Rosenberg Trial,
1951
My Lai Courts
Martial, 1970
Dan White Trial,
1973
Clinton
Impeachment,
1999
Issue
Significance
See here:
http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrials/