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AP U.S. Government and Politics Supreme Court Cases
Second Trimester Exam-Cases on Exam
See "yellow" list of cases for descriptions, or the OYEZ website, or the Wilson textbook. A short description of each case will be written
on exam, but it may be worded differently and be shorter than "yellow" list.
Case Title
Adarand Constructors, Inc. v Pena (1995)
Agostini v. Felton (1997)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Buckley v Valeo (1976)
California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000)
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Craig v. Boren (1976)
De Jonge v. Oregon (1937)
Dickerson v. US (2000)
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Employment Division v. Smith (1990)
Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
Ex Parte Merryman ( 1861)
Ex Parte Milligan (1866)
Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980)
Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
Griswold v Connecticut (1965)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S (1964)
Hiribayashi v. U.S.(1943)
Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)
Mapp v Ohio (1961)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) (2003)
McCulloch v. Maryland: (1819)
Miller v. California (1973)
Miller v. Johnson (1995)
Miranda v Arizona (1966)
NAACP v. Alabama (1958)
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steele Corp (1937)
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
New Jersey v. T.L.O (1985)
New York Times v US (1971)
Palko v. Connecticut (1937)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Powell v. Alabama (1932)
Regents of the University of California v Bakke (1978)
Reno v ACLU (1997)
Reynolds v. U.S. (1878)
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995)
Rostker v. Goldberg (1981)
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000)
Schenck V. New York (1997)
Shaw v Reno (1993)
Slaughterhouse Cases (consolidated 3 cases) (1873)
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Tinker v Des Moines (1965)
Trop v. Dulles(1958)
US v. Lopez (1995)
U.S. v. Morrison (2000)
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995)
Weeks v. United States (1914)