Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Study Guide
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Name of case
Date
Marbury v. Madison
1803
Fletcher v. Peck
1810
McCulloch v. Maryland
1819
Dartmouth College v.
Woodward
1819
Gibbons v. Ogden
1824
Barron v. Baltimore
1833
Dred Scott v. Sandford
1857
Ex parte Milligan
1866
Slaughterhouse Cases
1872
Munn v. Illinois
1877
Reynolds v. U.S.
1878
Wabash
1886
Summary/significance
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896
Swift v. U.S.
1905
Twining v. New Jersey
1908
Weeks v. U.S.
1914
Schenck v. U.S.
1919
Gitlow v. New York
1925
Near v. Minnesota
1931
Palko v. Connecticut
1937
Minersville School
District v. Gobitis
1940
Cantwell v. State of
Connecticut
1940
Betts v. Brady
1942
West Virginia State
Board of Ed. v. Barnette
1943
Korematsu v. U.S.
1944
Adamson v. California
1947
Everson v. Board of
Education
1947
Youngstown Sheet &
Tube Co. v. Sawyer
1952
Brown v. Board of
Education
1954
U.S. v. Harriss
1954
Mapp v. Ohio
1961
Engel v. Vitale
1962
Baker v. Carr
1962
Gideon v. Wainwright
1963
Abington School District
v. Schempp
1963
Heart of Atlanta
1964
Reynolds v. Sims
1964
New York Times v.
Sullivan
1964
Escobedo v. Illinois
1964
Griswold v. Connecticut
1965
Miranda v. Arizona
1966
Loving v. Virginia
1967
Epperson v. Arkansas
1968
Terry v. Ohio
1968
Duncan v. California
1968
Lovell v. Griffin
1968
Brandenburg v. Ohio
1969
Tinker v. Des Moines
1969
Reed v. Reed
1971
Swann v. CharlotteMecklenburg Bd. of Ed.
1971
New York Times v. U.S.
1971
Lemon v. Kurtzman
1971
Wisconsin v. Yoder
1972
Furman v. Georgia
1972
Miller v. California
1973
Roe v. Wade
1973
U.S. v. Nixon
1974
Gregg v. Georgia
1976
National League v. Usury
1976
Buckley v. Valeo
1976
Regents of the University
of California v. Bakke
1978
Stone v. Graham
1980
Board of Education,
Island Trees v. Pico
1982
United States v. Leon
1984
Wallace v. Jaffree
1985
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
1985
Bowers v. Hardwick
1986
Bethel v. Fraser
1986
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
1988
Employment Division v.
Smith
(aka Oregon v. Smith)
1988
Hustler v. Falwell
1988
Texas v. Johnson
1989
Webster v. Reproductive
Health Services
1989
Cruzan v. Missouri
1990
Austin vs. Michigan
Chamber of Commerce
1990
Oregon v. Smith
1990
Planned Parenthood v.
Casey
1992
Lee v. Weisman
1992
Shaw v. Reno
1993
U.S. v. Lopez
1995
Adarand Constructors v.
Pena
1995
Vernonia v. Acton
1995
Romer v. Evans
1996
Washington v.
Glucksberg
1997
Printz v. U.S.
1997
Reno v. ACLU
1997
City of Boerne v. Flores
1997
Abrams v. Johnson
1997
Boy Scouts of America v.
2000
Dale
Stenberg v. Carhart
2000
Santa Fe Independent
School Dist. v. Doe
2000
U.S. v. Morrison
2000
Bush v. Gore
2000
PGA Tour v. Martin
2001
Atkins v. Virginia
2002
Watchtower v. Stratton
2002
Lawrence v. Texas
2003
Grutter v. Bollinger
2003
Gratz v. Bollinger
2003
McConnell v. Federal
Election Commission
2003
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
2004
Rasul v. Bush
2004
Rumsfeld v. Padilla
2004
Roper v. Simmons
2005
Raich v. Gonzales
2005
McCreary v. ACLU
2005
Van Orden v. Perry
2005
Kelo v. City of New
London
2005
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
2006
Gonzales v. Oregon
2006
Randall v. Sorrell
2006
League of Latin
American Citizens
v. Perry
2006
FEC v. Wisconsin Right
to Life
2007
Davenport v. Washington
Education
Association
2007
Gonzales v. Carhart
2007
Gonzales v. Planned
Parenthood
2007
Meredith v. Jefferson
County Board
of Education
2007
Parents Involved in
Community
Schools v. Seattle School
2007
District
No. 1
Morse v. Frederick
2007
District of Columbia v.
Heller
2008
Medellin v. Texas
2008
Boumediene v. Bush
2008
New York City Board of
Education v. Tom F.
2008
Virginia v. Moore
2008
Washington State Grange
v. Washington State
Republican Party
2008