APPENDIX 4
LIST OF LEADING CASES OF U.S. SUPREME COURT
App. 4—List of Leading Cases of U.S. Supreme Court
ABORTION & BIRTH CONTROL
Griswold v. Connecticut
381 U.S. 479 (1965)
Roe v. Wade
410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
492 U.S. 490 (1989)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
505 U.S. 833 (1992)
Stenberg v. Carhart
530 U.S. 914 (2000)
Gonzales v. Carhart
550 U.S. 124 (2007)
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Furman v. Georgia
408 U.S. 238 (1972)
Gregg v. Georgia
428 U.S. 153 (1976)
Jurek v. Texas
428 U.S. 262 (1976)
Proffitt v. Florida
428 U.S. 22 (1976)
Roberts v. Louisiana
428 U.S. 325 (1976)
Woodson v. North Carolina
428 U.S. 280 (1976)
Roper v. Simmons
543 U.S. 551 (2005)
CIVIL COMMITMENT
O’Connor v. Donaldson
422 U.S. 563 (1975)
CIVIL RIGHTS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke
438 U.S. 265 (1978)
Gratz v. Bollinger
539 U.S. 244 (2003)
Grutter v. Bollinger
539 U.S. 306 (2003)
CIVIL RIGHTS, HOMOSEXUALITY
Bowers v. Hardwick
478 U.S. 186 (1986)
Hurley v. Irish American Gay Group of Boston
515 U.S. 557 (1995)
Romer v. Evans
517 U.S. 620 (1996)
Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale
530 U.S. 640 (2000)
Lawrence v. Texas
539 U.S. 558 (2003)
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CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Dred Scott v. Sandford
60 U.S. 393 (1857)
Plessy v. Ferguson
163 U.S. 537 (1896)
Korematsu v. US
323 U.S. 214 (1944)
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. US
379 U.S. 241 (1964)
Katzenbach v. McClung
379 U.S. 294 (1964)
Loving v. Virginia
388 U.S. 1 (1967)
City of Boerne v. Flores
521 U.S. 507 (1997)
Ricci v. DeStefano
129 S. Ct. 2658 (2009)
CIVIL RIGHTS, SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School 551 U.S. 701 (2007)
District No. 1
CIVIL RIGHTS, SEX DISCRIMINATION
Frontiero v. Richardson
411 U.S. 677 (1973)
United States v. Virginia
518 U.S. 515 (1996)
ELECTIONS
Bush v. Gore
531 U.S. 98 (2000)
Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board
531 U.S. 70 (2000)
Citizens United, Appellant v. Federal Election Commission
130 S. Ct. 876 (2010)
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Everson v. Board of Education
330 U.S. 1 (1947)
Engel v. Vitale
370 U.S. 421 (1962)
Abington School District v. Schempp (and Murray v. Curlett) 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
Lemon v. Kurtzman
403 U.S. 602 (1971)
Wisconsin v. Yoder
406 U.S. 205 (1972)
Lee v. Weisman
505 U.S. 577 (1992)
Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
508 U.S. 520 (1993)
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
515 U.S. 819 (1995)
Agostini v. Felton
521 U.S. 203 (1997)
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS
Schenck v. United States
249 U.S. 47 (1919)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
315 U.S. 568 (1942)
Roth v. United States
354 U.S. 476 (1957)
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New York Times v. Sullivan
376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Brandenburg v. Ohio
395 U.S. 444 (1969)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dis- 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
trict
Cohen v. California
403 U.S. 15 (1971)
New York Times v. United States
403 U.S. 713 (1971)
Miller v. California
413 U.S. 15 (1973)
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
484 U.S. 260 (1988)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
485 U.S. 46 (1988)
Texas v. Johnson
491 U.S. 397 (1989)
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
501 U.S. 560 (1991)
Reno v. ACLU
521 U.S. 844 (1997)
Erie v. Pap’s A. M.
529 U.S. 277 (2000)
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Breard v. Greene
523 U.S. 371 (1998)
MENTAL COMPETENCY
Dusky v. United States
362 U.S. 402 (1960)
Ford v. Wainwright
477 U.S. 399 (1986)
Godinez v. Moran
509 U.S. 389 (1993)
RIGHT TO ATTORNEY
Gideon v. Wainwright
372 U.S. 335 (1963)
Escobedo v. Illinois
378 U.S. 478 (1964)
Miranda v. Arizona
384 U.S. 436 (1966)
In re Gault,
387 U.S. 1 (1967)
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
US. V. Miller
307 U.S. 174 (1939)
District of Columbia v. Heller
128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008)
RIGHT TO DIE
Cruzan v. Dir., Mo. Dep’t of Health
497 U.S. 261 (1990)
Vacco v. Quill
521 U.S. 793 (1997)
Washington v. Glucksberg
521 U.S. 702 (1997)
Gonzales v. Oregon
546 U.S. 243 (2006)
SEPARATION OF POWERS
Marbury v. Madison
5 U.S. 137 (1803)
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Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee
14 U.S. 304 (1816)
McCulloch v. Maryland
17 U.S. 316 (1819)
Ableman v. Booth
62 U.S. 506 (1859)
Missouri v. Holland
252 U.S. 416 (1920)
Cooper v. Aaron
358 U.S. 1 (1958)
United States v. Nixon
418 U.S. 683 (1974)
South Dakota v. Dole
483 U.S. 203 (1987)
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
514 U.S. 779 (1995)
United States v. Lopez
514 U.S. 549 (1995)
Clinton v. Jones
520 U.S. 681 (1997)
Printz v. United States
521 U.S. 898 (1997)
TERRORISM
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
542 U.S. 507 (2004)
Rasul v. Bush
542 U.S. 466 (2004)
Rumsfeld v. Padilla
542 U.S. 426 (2004)
UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE
Mapp v. Ohio
367 U.S. 643 (1961)
Katz v. United States
389 U.S. 347 (1967)
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
515 U.S. 646 (1995)
Georgia v. Randolph
547 U.S. 103 (2006)