Name: ___________________
Directions: Use the website below to investigate several Supreme Court rulings that have had a major impact on the country. In your own words
describe the issue that prompted the case and summarize what the decision was.
LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES
http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/home
Title of Case
Dred Scott v.
Sanford
1857
Plessy v.
Ferguson
1896
Brown v.
Topeka
Board of Ed
1954
Marbury v.
Madison
1803
McCulloch v.
Maryland
1819
Gibbons v.
Ogden
1924
Korematsu v.
United States
1944
Reynolds v.
Sims
1964
Issue in Question
Summary of Decision
In Re Gault
1967
Roe v. Wade
1973
Furman v.
Georgia
1972
United States
v. Nixon
1974
Regents of
California
v. Bakke
1978
Swann v.
CharlotteMeck
Schools
1941
Leandro v.
State (NC)
1997
Bethel
Schools v.
Frasier
1986
Engel v.
Vitale
1962