| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Jay, October 19, 1789 |
| Van Staphorst v. Maryland |
(1791) |
first docketed case of the Supreme Court, settled before arguments |
| West v. Barnes |
2 U.S. 401 (1791) |
first decision of the Supreme Court, strictly interpreting procedural filing requirements mandated by statute |
| Hayburn's Case |
2 U.S. 409 (1792) |
justiciability and separation of powers |
| Chisholm v. Georgia |
2 U.S. 419 (1793) |
first “major” case; federal jurisdiction over suits vs. states; state sovereign immunity |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Rutledge, August 12, 1795 |
| Talbot v. Janson |
3 U.S. 133 |
admiralty and citizenship |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, March 8, 1796 |
| Hylton v. United States |
3 U.S. 171 (1796) |
tax on carriages |
| Hollingsworth v. Virginia |
3 U.S. 378 (1798) |
ratification of Eleventh Amendment, presidential approval is unnecessary for Constitutional amendment |
| Calder v. Bull |
3 U.S. 386 (1798) |
ex post facto clause applies to criminal, not civil cases |
| New York v. Connecticut |
4 U.S. 1 (1799) |
first original jurisdiction suit between two States |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Marshall, February 4, 1801 |
| Talbot v. Seeman |
5 U.S. 1 (1801) |
Marine salvage rights in time of war |
| Marbury v. Madison |
5 U.S. 137 (1803) |
judicial review of laws enacted by the United States Congress |
| Stuart v. Laird |
5 U.S. 299 (1803) |
enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office |
| Little v. Barreme |
6 U.S. 170 (1804) |
presidential and congressional power |
| Bailiff v. Tipping |
6 U.S. 406 (1805) |
a citation (a court order for a person to appear) must accompany a writ of error in order for the Supreme Court to hear the case |
| Strawbridge v. Curtiss |
7 U.S. 267 (1806) |
federal diversity jurisdiction |
| Ex parte Bollman |
8 U.S. 75 (1807) |
habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court's power to issue writs to circuit courts |
| Fletcher v. Peck |
10 U.S. 87 (1810) |
property rights |
| United States v. Hudson and Goodwin |
11 U.S. 32 (1812) |
Federal court jurisdiction over common law crimes |
| The Schooner Exchange v. M'Faddon |
11 U.S. 116 (1812) |
capture and possession of foreign ships |
| Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee |
11 U.S. 603 (1813) |
Loyalist property forfeiture |
| Martin v. Hunter's Lessee |
14 U.S. 304 (1816) |
Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments |
| Laidlaw v. Organ |
15 U.S. 178 (1817) |
the rule of caveat emptor in a commodity delivery contract |
| McCulloch v. Maryland |
17 U.S. 316 (1819) |
doctrine of implied powers |
| Sturges v. Crowninshield |
17 U.S. 122 (1819) |
constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward |
17 U.S. 518 (1819) |
impairment of contracts |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Strauder v. West Virginia |
100 U.S. 303 (1880) |
exclusion of blacks from juries |
| Springer v. United States |
102 U.S. 586 (1881) |
constitutionality of income tax set up by the Revenue Act of 1864 |
| Kilbourn v. Thompson |
103 U.S. 168 (1880) |
limitations on Congressional investigations |
| Egbert v. Lippmann |
104 U.S. 333 (1881) |
early case concerning the on-sale bar in patent law |
| Pace v. Alabama |
106 U.S. 583 (1883) |
affirmed that Alabama's anti-miscegenation statute banning interracial marriage and interracial sex was not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
| United States v. Harris (the Ku Klux Case) |
106 U.S. 629 (1883) |
No Congressional power to pass ordinary criminal statutes |
| Civil Rights Cases |
109 U.S. 3 (1883) |
power of federal government to prohibit racial discrimination by private parties |
| Hurtado v. California |
110 U.S. 516 (1884) |
no requirement that states use a grand jury to indict a defendant in a murder prosecution |
| Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony |
111 U.S. 53 (1884) |
copyrightability of photographs |
| New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Woodworth |
111 U.S. 138 (1884) |
insurance law |
| Elk v. Wilkins |
112 U.S. 94 (1884) |
citzenship of native Americans |
| Head Money Cases |
112 U.S. 580 (1884) |
treaties |
| Cole v. La Grange |
113 U.S. 1 (1885) |
the court held that the Missouri legislature could not authorize a city to issue bonds to assist corporations in their private business. |
| Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga. v. Pettus |
113 U.S. 116 (1885) |
An appeal regarding monies owed and a lein upon the roadbed, depots, side tracks, turnouts, trestles, and bridges owned and used by the appellants. |
| Avegno v. Schmidt |
113 U.S. 293 (1885) |
title to mortgaged property confiscated by the U.S. government during the Civil War |
| Baylis v. Travellers' Ins. Co. |
113 U.S. 316 (1885) |
right to trial by jury in a civil case |
| California Artificial Stone Paving Co. v. Molitor |
113 U.S. 609 (1885) |
Patent infringement case on an improvement in concrete paving |
| Winona & St. Peter R. Co. v. Barney |
113 U.S. 618 (1885) |
Public land grant for Railroad construction |
| Kansas Pacific R. Co. v. Dunmeyer |
113 U.S. 629 (1885) |
Land ownership dispute |
| Schmieder v. Barney |
113 U.S. 645 (1885) |
case regarding description of articles subject to duty |
| Camp v. United States |
113 U.S. 648 (1885) |
case to recover an alleged balance due as compensation for collecting and delivering to the United States a large amount of cotton in bales which was captured and abandoned property |
| Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinson |
113 U.S. 656 (1885) |
writ of error brought by the executors of a former collector of the port of New York to reverse a judgment in an action brought against him by the defendant in error to recover duties paid by them on imported iron |
| Flagg v. Walker |
113 U.S. 659 (1885) |
case where the deeds for several parcels of land were transferred from Flagg, who was in financial difficulty, to Walker in return for paying off Flagg's debts and profits from the sale against a mortgage for other property owned by Flagg. |
| Railroad Commission Cases |
116 U.S. 307 (1886) |
contracts, police power, regulation of transport |
| Yick Wo v. Hopkins |
118 U.S. 356 (1886) |
equal protection, facially-neutral laws administered in a discriminatory manner |
| United States v. Kagama |
118 U.S. 375 (1886) |
federal court jurisdiction over crimes committed on Indian reservations |
| Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad |
118 U.S. 394 (1886) |
corporate personhood |
| Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois |
118 U.S. 557 (1886) |
regulation of interstate commerce by individual states, creation of ICC |
| Ker v. Illinois |
119 U.S. 436 (1886) |
legality of abduction of criminal suspect abroad |
| The Telephone Cases |
126 U.S. 1 (1888) |
patent law |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller, October 8, 1888 |
| Kidd v. Pearson |
128 U.S. 1 (1888) |
Scope of the Commerce Clause |
| Dent v. West Virginia |
129 U.S. 114 (1889) |
state licensing of doctors |
| Botiller v. Dominguez |
130 U.S. 238 (1889) |
validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the Mexican Cession |
| Davis v. Beason |
133 U.S. 333 (1890) |
United States federal courts have jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy even though it be part of a religious belief |
| Hans v. Louisiana |
134 U.S. 1 (1890) |
sovereign immunity of states, interpreting the Eleventh Amendment |
| Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota |
134 U.S. 418 (1890) |
states and railway fees |
| In re Neagle |
135 U.S. 1 (1890) |
authority of the U.S. Attorney General to appoint U.S. Marshals as bodyguards to Supreme Court Justices |
| Mormon Church v. United States |
136 U.S. 1 (1890) |
upheld revocation of Mormon Church charter and confiscation of church property |
| In re Ross |
140 U.S. 453 (1891) |
application of U.S. law to foreign sailors on U.S. flagged ships while in another country |
| Holy Trinity Church v. United States |
143 U.S. 457 (1892) |
contracts with foreign citizens, religion |
| Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois |
146 U.S. 387 (1892) |
railroad land dispute, public trust doctrine |
| Nix v. Hedden |
149 U.S. 304 (1893) |
status of the tomato as fruit or vegetable under Tariff Act of 1883 |
| Schillinger v. United States |
155 U.S. 163 (1894) |
sovereign immunity forbids suit against the Federal government for patent infringement |
| United States v. E. C. Knight Co. |
156 U.S. 1 (1895) |
antitrust action; “Sugar Trust Case” |
| Sparf v. United States |
156 U.S. 51 (1895) |
jury instructions |
| Coffin v. United States |
156 U.S. 432 (1895) |
the presumption of innocence |
| In re Debs |
158 U.S. 564 (1895) |
strikes and interstate commerce |
| Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. |
158 U.S. 601 (1895) |
income tax and tariffs |
| Hilton v. Guyot |
159 U.S. 113 (1895) |
doctrine of comity |
| Geer v. Connecticut |
161 U.S. 519 (1896) |
states owned the wild animals within their borders and can strictly regulate their management and harvest |
| Talton v. Mayes |
163 U.S. 376 (1896) |
individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments |
| Plessy v. Ferguson |
163 U.S. 537 (1896) |
segregation; "separate but equal" |
| United States v. Ball |
163 U.S. 662 (1896) |
double jeopardy |
| United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association |
166 U.S. 290 (1897) |
railroads and rate fixing |
| Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. |
167 U.S. 479 (1897) |
powers of an administrative agency |
| Barrett v. United States |
169 U.S. 218 (1898) |
South Carolina had not been subdivided into separate federal judicial districts |
| Holden v. Hardy |
169 U.S. 366 (1898) |
working hours of miners |
| United States v. Wong Kim Ark |
169 U.S. 649 (1898) |
citizenship and race |
| Hawker v. New York |
170 U.S. 189 (1898) |
character and doctor’s licenses |
| Williams v. Mississippi |
170 U.S. 213 (1898) |
literacy tests |
| Brown v. New Jersey |
175 U.S. 172 (1899) |
use of a struck jury |
| Malony v. Adsit |
175 U.S. 281 (1899) |
property issues |
| Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education |
175 U.S. 528 (1899) |
segregation in public schools |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Elevation of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, December 19, 1910 |
| Weems v. United States |
217 U.S. 349 (1910) |
cruel and unusual punishment |
| Muskrat v. United States |
219 U.S. 346 (1911) |
Advisory opinion doctrine |
| Flint v. Stone Tracy Co. |
220 U.S. 107 (1911) |
constitutionality of corporate income tax |
| United States v. Grimaud |
220 U.S. 506 (1911) |
control of forest reserves |
| Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States |
221 U.S. 1 (1910) |
dissolving interstate monopolies |
| Dowdell v. United States |
221 U.S. 325 (1911) |
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases |
| Gompers v. Buck's Stove and Range Co. |
221 U.S. 418 (1911) |
contempt for violating an injunction against a worker's boycott |
| Hoke v. United States |
227 U.S. 308 (1913) |
upheld the Mann Act, but held that Congress could not regulate prostitution |
| Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell |
229 U.S. 1 (1913) |
extensions of patents by use of licenses, rights of copyright holder regarding “use” of copyrighted works |
| Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v. Howbert |
231 U.S. 399 (1913) |
|
| Charlton v. Kelly |
229 U.S. 447 (1913) |
procedures to approve extradition of criminal suspect to another country |
| Ocampo v. United States |
234 U.S. 91 (1914) |
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases |
| Shreveport Rate Case |
234 U.S. 342 (1914) |
Commerce clause, regulation of intrastate railroad rates |
| Weeks v. United States |
232 U.S. 383 (1914) |
establishment of the exclusionary rule for illegally obtained evidence |
| Coppage v. Kansas |
236 U.S. 1 (1915) |
Economic due process and yellow-dog contracts |
| Burdick v. United States |
236 U.S. 79 (1915) |
Legal effect of a pardon |
| Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio |
236 U.S. 230 (1915) |
free speech and the censorship of motion pictures |
| Guinn v. United States |
238 U.S. 347 (1915) |
constitutionality of Oklahoma's "grandfather law" used to disenfranchise African-American voters |
| Hadacheck v. Sebastian |
239 U.S. 394 (1915) |
municipal regulation of land use |
| Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization |
239 U.S. 441 (1915) |
denial of due process procedural protections for legislative and rulemaking acts, as opposed to adjudicatory proceedings |
| Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad |
240 U.S. 1 (1916) |
power to tax income under the Sixteenth Amendment |
| Stanton v. Baltic Mining Co. |
240 U.S. 103 (1916) |
power to tax income under the Sixteenth Amendment |
| Georgia, Florida, & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co. |
241 U.S. 190 (1916) |
responsibilities of parties under a bill of lading |
| United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola |
241 U.S. 265 (1916) |
case brought against Coca-Cola under the Pure Food and Drug Act |
| United States v. Oppenheimer |
242 U.S. 85 (1916) |
doctrine of res judicata applies to criminal cases |
| American Well Works Co. v. Layne & Bowler Co. |
241 U.S. 257 (1916) |
scope of federal question jurisdiction in patent law case |
| Caminetti v. United States |
242 U.S. 470 (1917) |
Mann Act applies to consensual extramarital sex |
| Bunting v. Oregon |
243 U.S. 426 (1917) |
Labor law, ten-hour workday |
| Adams v. Tanner |
244 U.S. 590 (1917) |
Substantive due process, state's prohibition of employment agencies was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment |
| Buchanan v. Warley |
245 U.S. 60 (1917) |
constitutionality of local ordinance compelling racial segregation of residential housing |
| Chicago Board of Trade v. United States |
246 U.S. 231 (1918) |
Rules of a commodities exchange examined under rule of reason |
| Hammer v. Dagenhart |
247 U.S. 251 (1918) |
Congressional power to regulate child labor under the Commerce Clause |
| International News Service v. Associated Press |
248 U.S. 215 (1918) |
property rights in news |
| Schenck v. United States |
249 U.S. 47 (1919) |
freedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater” |
| Debs v. United States |
249 U.S. 211 (1919) |
sedition |
| Abrams v. United States |
250 U.S. 616 (1919) |
validity of criminalizing criticism of the government |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States |
251 U.S. 385 (1920) |
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a tax evasion case |
| Eisner v. Macomber |
252 U.S. 189 (1920) |
pro rata stock dividend not taxable income |
| Missouri v. Holland |
252 U.S. 416 (1920) |
states’ rights |
| United States v. Wheeler |
254 U.S. 281 (1920) |
Privileges and Immunities Clause and kidnapping |
| Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co. |
255 U.S. 180 (1921) |
federal question jurisdiction in state corporate law matter |
| Newberry v. United States |
256 U.S. 232 (1921) |
Congress lacks the power to regulate primary elections |
| Dillon v. Gloss |
256 U.S. 368 (1921) |
Constitutional amendment process |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice William Howard Taft, July 11, 1921 |
| United States v. Phellis |
257 U.S. 156 (1921) |
shares in a subsidiary corporation issued to stockholders in the parent corporation considered taxable income |
| Leser v. Garnett |
258 U.S. 130 (1922) |
constitutionality of Nineteenth Amendment |
| Balzac v. Porto Rico |
258 U.S. 298 (1922) |
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases |
| United States v. Moreland |
258 U.S. 433 (1922) |
Fifth Amendment, hard labor in prison |
| Child Labor Tax Case |
259 U.S. 20 (1922) |
docket title Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., found the Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 was not a valid use of Congress' power under the Taxing and Spending Clause |
| Hill v. Wallace |
259 U.S. 44 (1922) |
use of congressional taxing power under the Taxing and Spending Clause; relationship to Commerce Clause |
| Federal Baseball Club v. National League |
259 U.S. 200 (1922) |
baseball and antitrust regulation |
| Wyoming v. Colorado |
259 U.S. 419 (1922) |
whether Colorado could divert water from the Laramie River, an interstate stream system |
| Takao Ozawa v. United States |
260 U.S. 178 (1922) |
naturalization and race (Japanese-American) |
| Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon |
260 U.S. 393 (1922) |
Substantive Due Process, Takings clause of the Fifth Amendment |
| Moore v. Dempsey |
261 U.S. 86 (1923) |
mob-dominated trials, federal writ of habeas corpus, due process |
| United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind |
261 U.S. 204 (1923) |
naturalization and race (Indian-American) |
| Adkins v. Children's Hospital |
261 U.S. 525 (1923) |
freedom of contract, minimum wage laws |
| Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States |
261 U.S. 592 (1923) |
creation of implied-in-fact contracts |
| Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen |
262 U.S. 1 (1923) |
constitutionality of the Grain Futures Act under the Commerce Clause |
| Meyer v. Nebraska |
262 U.S. 390 (1923) |
constitutionality of law prohibiting teaching of foreign languages; substantive due process |
| Frothingham v. Mellon |
262 U.S. 447 (1923) |
rejection of taxpayer standing |
| Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles |
262 U.S. 700 (1923) |
eminent domain and the building of a scenic road |
| Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. |
263 U.S. 413 (1923) |
review of state court decisions by U.S. District Courts |
| Chung Fook v. White |
264 U.S. 443 (1924) |
Interpretation of Immigration Act of 1917; marked end of era of strict plain meaning interpretation of statutes |
| United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels (More or Less) Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar |
265 U.S. 438 (1924) |
legality of misleading but factually accurate packaging statements under the Pure Food and Drug Act |
| Carroll v. United States |
267 U.S. 132 (1925) |
whether police searches of automobiles without a warrant violate the Fourth Amendment |
| George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. Maloy |
267 U.S. 317 (1925) |
Dormant Commerce Clause; states are not permitted to regulate common carriers engaged in interstate commerce on state highways |
| Linder v. United States |
268 U.S. 5 (1925) |
prosecution of physicians under the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act |
| Irwin v. Gavit |
268 U.S. 161 (1925) |
taxation of income from a trust |
| Pierce v. Society of Sisters |
268 U.S. 510 (1925) |
privacy |
| Gitlow v. New York |
268 U.S. 652 (1925) |
prosecution of seditious speech |
| Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Co. |
271 U.S. 170 (1926) |
taxation of reduced loss on exchanged currency |
| Myers v. United States |
272 U.S. 52 (1926) |
Presidential authority to remove executive branch officials |
| Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. |
272 U.S. 365 (1926) |
zoning, due process |
| United States v. General Electric Co. |
272 U.S. 476 (1926) |
patentee who grants a single license to a competitor to manufacture the patented product may lawfully fix the price at which the licensee may sell the product |
| Farrington v. Tokushige |
273 U.S. 284 (1927) |
constitutionality of anti-foreign language statute in the Territory of Hawaii under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
| Nixon v. Herndon |
273 U.S. 536 (1927) |
challenging the white primaries in Texas |
| Buck v. Bell |
274 U.S. 200 (1927) |
compulsory sterilization, eugenics |
| Hess v. Pawloski |
274 U.S. 352 (1927) |
consent to in personam jurisdiction |
| Whitney v. California |
274 U.S. 357 (1927) |
prosecution of criminal syndicalism |
| Gong Lum v. Rice |
275 U.S. 78 (1927) |
admission of Chinese girl to school for White children in Mississippi |
| New Mexico v. Texas |
275 U.S. 279 (1927) |
determination of the border between New Mexico and Texas |
| Miller v. Schoene |
276 U.S. 272 (1928) |
Substantive due process, takings clause |
| Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co. |
276 U.S. 518 (1928) |
what law is to be applied when courts sit in diversity jurisdiction |
| Olmstead v. United States |
277 U.S. 438 (1928) |
admissibility of illegally-obtained phone wiretaps as evidence |
| Wisconsin v. Illinois |
278 U.S. 367 (1930) |
federal power over state interests, Chicago Sanitary Canal |
| Taft v. Bowers |
278 U.S. 470 (1929) |
taxation of a gift of shares of stock under the Sixteenth Amendment (Chief Justice Taft did not participate) |
| United States v. Schwimmer |
279 U.S. 644 (1929) |
denial of naturalization to a pacifist |
| Pocket Veto Case |
279 U.S. 655 (1929) |
constitutionality of the pocket veto |
| Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner |
279 U.S. 716 (1929) |
third-party payment of income tax, effect of Revenue Act of 1926 |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, February 24, 1930 |
| Lucas v. Earl |
281 U.S. 111 (1930) |
origin of Assignment of income doctrine, contract to divide income between husband and wife |
| United States v. Sprague |
282 U.S. 716 (1931) |
Tenth Amendment |
| McBoyle v. United States |
283 U.S. 25 (1931) |
National Motor Vehicle Theft Act held not to apply to aircraft |
| Stromberg v. California |
283 U.S. 359 (1931) |
constitutionality of California red flag-banning statute, freedom of symbolic speech |
| Burnet v. Logan |
283 U.S. 404 (1931) |
Cost basis must be recovered before taxpayer realizes any taxable income |
| Near v. Minnesota |
283 U.S. 697 (1931) |
freedom of speech, prior restraints |
| United States v. Kirby Lumber Co. |
284 U.S. 1 (1931) |
taxation of gain on reduction of debt |
| Blackmer v. United States |
284 U.S. 421 (1932) |
International law and 5th Amendment allowed U.S. government to retain jurisdiction over its citizens abroad |
| Blockburger v. United States |
284 U.S. 299 (1932) |
standard for double jeopardy |
| Crowell v. Benson |
285 U.S. 22 (1932) |
upholding adjudication of private rights by an administrative agency, not an Article III court |
| New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann |
285 U.S. 262 (1932) |
substantive due process |
| Nixon v. Condon |
286 U.S. 73 (1932) |
White primaries in Texas violated Equal Protection Clause |
| North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet |
286 U.S. 417 (1932) |
claim of right doctrine in U.S. tax law |
| Powell v. Alabama |
287 U.S. 45 (1932) |
access to counsel |
| Sorrells v. United States |
287 U.S. 435 (1932) |
Entrapment recognized as a valid defense |
| Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell |
290 U.S. 398 (1934) |
Minnesota's suspension of creditor's remedies did not violate the Contract Clause |
| Burroughs v. United States |
290 U.S. 534 (1934) |
upholding the constitutionality of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act |
| Nebbia v. New York |
291 U.S. 502 (1934) |
Substantive Due Process, economic regulation |
| Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan |
293 U.S. 388 (1935) |
delegation of authority, New Deal |
| Gregory v. Helvering |
293 U.S. 465 (1935) |
tax law, business purpose doctrine |
| Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States |
295 U.S. 495 (1935) |
interstate commerce, New Deal |
| Humphrey's Executor v. United States |
295 U.S. 602 (1935) |
administrative action, separation of powers |
| Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White |
296 U.S. 176 (1935) |
early case on standard of review for regulations |
| Fox Film Corp. v. Muller |
296 U.S. 207 (1935) |
contract dispute, "adequate and independent state ground" |
| United States v. Constantine |
296 U.S. 287 (1935) |
taxation of liquor |
| United States v. Butler |
297 U.S. 1 (1936) |
Taxation power, Tenth Amendment |
| Grosjean v. American Press Co. |
297 U.S. 233 (1936) |
Freedom of the press, taxation of newspapers |
| Brown v. Mississippi |
297 U.S. 278 (1936) |
coerced confessions by means of violence |
| Wallace v. Cutten |
298 U.S. 229 (1936) |
application of the Grain Futures Act |
| Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co. |
299 U.S. 65 (1936) |
U.S. government as an indispensable party |
| United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. |
299 U.S. 304 (1936) |
export restrictions, Presidential power over international commerce |
| DeJonge v. Oregon |
299 U.S. 353 (1937) |
14th Amendment applied to freedom of assembly |
| West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish |
300 U.S. 379 (1937) |
freedom of contract, minimum wage laws; “the switch in time that saved nine” |
| National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation |
301 U.S. 1 (1937) |
interstate commerce; another consequence of “the switch in time that saved nine” |
| Steward Machine Company v. Davis |
301 U.S. 548 (1937) |
Court upholds the unemployment insurance provisions of the Social Security Act |
| Bogardus v. Commissioner |
302 U.S. 34 (1937) |
distinction between taxable compensation and tax-exempt gifts under the Internal Revenue Code |
| Palko v. Connecticut |
302 U.S. 319 (1937) |
selective incorporation, double jeopardy |
| Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson |
303 U.S. 77 (1938) |
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| Lovell v. City of Griffin |
303 U.S. 444 (1938) |
City ordinance requiring official permission to distribute literature held unconstitutionally broad |
| New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co. |
303 U.S. 552 (1938) |
safeguard right to boycott and chips away at discriminatory hiring practices against African Americans |
| Hale v. Kentucky |
303 U.S. 613 (1938) |
exclusion of African Americans from juries |
| Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins |
304 U.S. 64 (1938) |
limiting general federal common law by requiring state law apply except where federal law exists |
| Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch |
304 U.S. 92 (1938) |
reaffirming existence of federal common law in other cases |
| United States v. Carolene Products Co. |
304 U.S. 144 (1938) |
interstate commerce, substantive due process, and (in footnote four) equal protection |
| NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. |
304 U.S. 333 (1938) |
Striking workers continue to be employees within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, but use of strikebreakers is permissible |
| Johnson v. Zerbst |
304 U.S. 458 (1938) |
Sixth Amendment right to counsel in federal criminal cases |
| Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co. |
304 U.S. 518 (1938) |
Twenty-first Amendment and the enforcement of state liquor laws in U.S. national parks |
| Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co. |
305 U.S. 111 (1938) |
patent holder has no remedy in unfair competition law against competitor selling similar goods under a non-trademarked name after patent expires—prelude to functionality doctrine |
| Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada |
305 U.S. 337 (1938) |
chipping away at separate but equal education |
| United States v. Miller |
307 U.S. 174 (1939) |
Second Amendment, right to bear arms |
| Coleman v. Miller |
307 U.S. 433 (1939) |
length of time proposed Constitutional amendments remain pending |
| Hague v. CIO |
307 U.S. 496 (1939) |
labor unions and freedom of assembly |
| Schneider v. New Jersey |
308 U.S. 147 (1939) |
enforcement of littering ordinances and free speech |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Chambers v. Florida |
309 U.S. 227 (1940) |
coerced confessions in a murder case |
| Helvering v. Bruun |
309 U.S. 461 (1940) |
A landlord realizes a taxable gain when he repossesses property improved by a tenant |
| Thornhill v. Alabama |
310 U.S. 88 (1940) |
free speech clause of First Amendment includes peaceful labor picketing |
| Cantwell v. Connecticut |
310 U.S. 296 (1940) |
incorporated Free Exercise Clause |
| United States v. American Trucking Associations |
310 U.S. 534 (1940) |
Motor Carrier Act of 1935 did not empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate all employees of common and contract motor carriers, but rather only those whose duties affect safety of operation |
| Minersville School District v. Gobitis |
310 U.S. 586 (1940) |
saluting the flag |
| Hansberry v. Lee |
311 U.S. 32 (1940) |
res judicata may not bind a subsequent plaintiff who had no opportunity to be represented in the earlier civil action |
| Helvering v. Horst |
311 U.S. 112 (1940) |
refinement of assignment of income doctrine |
| Sibbach v. Wilson |
312 U.S. 1 (1941) |
Erie doctrine, applicability of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
| Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. |
312 U.S. 496 (1941) |
Abstention doctrine |
| Cox v. New Hampshire |
312 U.S. 569 (1941) |
petitions on public property |
| United States v. Darby Lumber Co. |
312 U.S. 100 (1941) |
power of Congress to regulate employment conditions; Commerce Clause |
| United States v. Classic |
313 U.S. 299 (1941) |
power of the federal government to regulate primary elections |
| Elevation of Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, July 3, 1941 |
| Edwards v. California |
314 U.S. 160 (1941) |
Commerce Clause, privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment |
| Lisenba v. People of State of California |
314 U.S. 219 (1941) |
death penalty |
| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire |
315 U.S. 568 (1942) |
fighting words |
| Valentine v. Chrestensen |
316 U.S. 52 (1942) |
holding that commercial speech is unprotected by the 1st Amendment |
| United States v. Univis Lens Co. |
316 U.S. 241 (1942) |
exhaustion doctrine under U.S. patent law and its relation to price fixing |
| Betts v. Brady |
316 U.S. 455 (1942) |
due process, incorporation |
| Skinner v. Oklahoma |
316 U.S. 535 (1942) |
compulsory sterilization, eugenics |
| Jones v. City of Opelika I |
316 U.S. 584 (1942) |
holding a statute prohibiting the sale of books without a license was constitutional |
| Ex parte Quirin |
317 U.S. 1 (1942) |
military tribunals for enemy spies |
| Wickard v. Filburn |
317 U.S. 111 (1942) |
Commerce Clause |
| Williams et al. v. State of North Carolina |
317 U.S. 287 (1942) |
Divorce and marriage recognition between states |
| Parker v. Brown |
317 U.S. 341 (1943) |
Parker immunity doctrine in United States antitrust law |
| Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States |
318 U.S. 363 (1943) |
Negotiable instruments, Federal common law |
| Largent v. State of Texas |
318 U.S. 418 (1943) |
city ordinance requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as applied to the distribution of religious publications |
| Jones v. City of Opelika II |
319 U.S. 103 (1943) |
Overruling Jones v. City of Opelika I on rehearing |
| Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
319 U.S. 105 (1943) |
licensing fee for door-to-door solicitors was an unconstitutional tax on the Jehovah's Witnesses' right to freely exercise their religion—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| Martin v. Struthers |
319 U.S. 141 (1943) |
law prohibiting the distribution of handbills door-to-door violated the First Amendment rights of a Jehovah's Witness--decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| Douglas v. City of Jeannette |
319 U.S. 157 (1943) |
restraint of criminal prosecution for violation of ordinance disputed in Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania--decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| National Broadcasting Co. Inc. v. United States |
319 U.S. 190 (1943) |
regulation of broadcasting networks |
| Burford v. Sun Oil Co. |
319 U.S. 315 (1943) |
Abstention doctrine |
| Altvater v. Freeman |
319 U.S. 359 (1943) |
justiciability and declaratory judgments |
| Galloway v. United States |
319 U.S. 372 (1943) |
directed verdict, 7th Amendment |
| West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette |
319 U.S. 624 (1943) |
1st Amendment, establishment of religion (Pledge of Allegiance) |
| Hirabayashi v. United States |
320 U.S. 81 (1943) |
curfews against members of a minority group during a war with their country of origin |
| Yasui v. United States |
320 U.S. 115 (1943) |
validity of curfews against U.S. citizens of a minority group during war |
| Prince v. Massachusetts |
321 U.S. 158 (1944) |
religious liberty and child labor |
| Follett v. Town of McCormick |
321 U.S. 573 (1944) |
licensing fees for distribution of religious materials violates freedom of religion |
| Smith v. Allwright |
321 U.S. 649 (1944) |
voting rights, segregation |
| United States v. Ballard |
322 U.S. 78 (1944) |
religious fraud |
| NLRB v. Hearst Publications |
322 U.S. 111 (1944) |
determining whether newsboys are employees or independent contractors for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act |
| United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association |
322 U.S. 533 (1944) |
applying Sherman Antitrust Act to insurance contracts |
| Skidmore v. Swift & Co. |
323 U.S. 134 (1944) |
early standard for judicial review of interpretive rules made by government agencies |
| Korematsu v. United States |
323 U.S. 214 (1944) |
Japanese Internment camps |
| Ex parte Endo |
323 U.S. 283 (1944) |
Japanese-American internment and loyalty, decided same day as Korematsu |
| United States v. Willow River Power Co. |
324 U.S. 499 (1945) |
nature of property rights which constitute a compensable taking |
| Cramer v. United States |
325 U.S. 1 (1945) |
conviction for treason |
| Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America |
325 U.S. 161 (1945) |
underground travel time of coal miners was considered compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act |
| Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona |
325 U.S. 761 (1945) |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Guaranty Trust Co. v. York |
326 U.S. 99 (1945) |
Interpretation of the Erie Doctrine |
| International Shoe Co. v. Washington |
326 U.S. 310 (1945) |
personal jurisdiction of states over corporations in other states |
| Commissioner v. Flowers |
326 U.S. 465 (1946) |
tax deduction for travel expenses under the Internal Revenue Code |
| Marsh v. Alabama |
326 U.S. 501 (1946) |
First and Fourteenth Amendments still applicable against a company town |
| Tucker v. Texas |
326 U.S. 517 (1946) |
Local ordinance prohibiting distribution of religious literature violated Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment |
| Estep v. United States |
327 U.S. 114 (1946) |
judicial review of draft board determinations |
| Duncan v. Kahanamoku |
327 U.S. 304 (1946) |
constitutionality of military tribunals under the Hawaiian Organic Act |
| Commissioner v. Wilcox |
327 U.S. 404 (1946) |
embezzled funds not considered taxable income, later overruled by James v. United States |
| Lavender v. Kurn |
327 U.S. 645 (1946) |
sufficiency of evidence to send a case to a jury |
| United States v. Causby |
328 U.S. 256 (1946) |
the ancient common law doctrine of ad coelum has no legal effect "in the modern world." |
| Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co. |
328 U.S. 293 (1946) |
definition of "investment contract" under the Securities Act of 1933 |
| Colegrove v. Green |
328 U.S. 549 (1946) |
federal courts had no power to become involved in state legislative apportionment—later overruled by Baker v. Carr |
| Pinkerton v. United States |
328 U.S. 640 (1946) |
the doctrine of conspiracy, Pinkerton Liability |
| Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. |
328 U.S. 680 (1946) |
Preliminary work activities are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Frederick Moore Vinson, June 24, 1946 |
| United States v. Carmack |
329 U.S. 230 (1946) |
land held by a local government is still subject to eminent domain by the federal government |
| Hickman v. Taylor |
329 U.S. 495 (1947) |
work-product doctrine |
| Everson v. Board of Education |
330 U.S. 1 (1947) |
First Amendment, establishment of religion |
| U.S. Public Workers v. Mitchell |
330 U.S. 75 (1947) |
Hatch Act of 1940 |
| United States v. United Mine Workers |
330 U.S. 258 (1947) |
injunction against a strike action |
| Crane v. Commissioner |
331 U.S. 1 (1947) |
determination of basis of property secured by a nonrecourse mortgage |
| Adamson v. California |
332 U.S. 46 (1947) |
Fifth Amendment, incorporation |
| International Salt Co. v. United States |
332 U.S. 392 (1947) |
tying arrangements under the Sherman Act |
| Cox v. United States |
332 U.S. 442 (1947) |
scope of review for Jehovah's Witness classified as conscientious objector |
| Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla. |
332 U.S. 631 (1948) |
Fourteenth Amendment, segregation |
| Oyama v. California |
332 U.S. 633 (1948) |
California Alien Land Laws, equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment |
| Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co. |
333 U.S. 138 (1948) |
War Powers Clause |
| McCollum v. Board of Education |
333 U.S. 203 (1948) |
Separation of church and state, constitutionality of released time in public schools |
| Shelley v. Kraemer |
334 U.S. 1 (1948) |
equal protection, racial covenants |
| United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. |
334 U.S. 131 (1948) |
Hollywood studios monopoly |
| Saia v. People of the State of New York |
334 U.S. 558 (1948) |
ordinance which prohibited the use of sound amplification devices except with permission of the Chief of Police violates First Amendment |
| United States v. National City Lines Inc. |
334 U.S. 573 (1948) |
General Motors streetcar conspiracy |
| United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations |
335 U.S. 106 (1948) |
Labor union's publication of statement urging members to vote for a certain candidate for Congress did not violate Taft-Hartley Act |
| Goesaert v. Cleary |
335 U.S. 464 (1948) |
Upholding employment restrictions against female bartenders |
| H.P. Hood & Sons v. Du Mond |
336 U.S. 525 (1949) |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Terminiello v. Chicago |
337 U.S. 1 (1949) |
free speech and public order |
| United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission |
337 U.S. 426 (1949) |
justiciability |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander |
337 U.S. 562 (1949) |
Fourteenth Amendment due process, Commerce Clause |
| Wolf v. Colorado |
338 U.S. 25 (1949) |
Fourteenth Amendment, state court, evidence from unreasonable search and seizure |
| Hirota v. MacArthur |
338 U.S. 197 (1948) |
the United States federal courts lacked the authority to review judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. |
339 U.S. 306 (1950) |
proper legal notice in the settlement of a trust |
| Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. |
339 U.S. 605 (1950) |
patent law, doctrine of equivalents |
| Sweatt v. Painter |
339 U.S. 629 (1950) |
segregation, separate but equal |
| McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents |
339 U.S. 637 (1950) |
Fourteenth Amendment, segregation |
| Johnson v. Eisenträger |
339 U.S. 763 (1950) |
jurisdiction of U.S. civilian courts over nonresident enemy aliens; habeas corpus |
| Henderson v. United States |
339 U.S. 816 (1950) |
ending segregation in railroad dining cars |
| Feres v. United States |
340 U.S. 135 (1950) |
Military exception to government liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act |
| Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Seagram & Sons, Inc. |
340 U.S. 211 (1951) |
agreement among competitors in interstate commerce to fix maximum resale prices of their products violates the Sherman Act |
| Kunz v. New York |
340 U.S. 290 (1951) |
free speech restrictions must be "narrowly tailored" |
| Feiner v. New York |
340 U.S. 315 (1951) |
Free speech v. public safety--decided same day as Kunz v. New York |
| Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison, Wisconsin |
340 U.S. 349 (1951) |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB |
340 U.S. 474 (1951) |
judicial review of agency decisions |
| Canton Railroad Company v. Rogan |
340 U.S. 511 (1951) |
Maryland's franchise tax on imported and exported goods held not to violate the Import-Export Clause of the United States Constitution |
| Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath |
341 U.S. 123 (1951) |
freedom of association |
| Dennis v. United States |
341 U.S. 494 (1951) |
First Amendment and the Smith Act |
| Stack v. Boyle |
342 U.S. 1 (1951) |
defines excessive bail |
| Rochin v. California |
342 U.S. 165 (1952) |
restriction of police power |
| Morissette v. United States |
342 U.S. 246 (1952) |
strict liability offenses |
| Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown R. Co. |
342 U.S. 359 (1952) |
reverse Erie doctrine, federal standard binding on state court |
| Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co. |
342 U.S. 437 (1952) |
general personal jurisdiction over a business that was temporarily based in the court's jurisdiction |
| Frisbie v. Collins |
342 U.S. 519 (1952) |
kidnapping of fugitives by state officials is constitutional |
| Ray v. Blair |
343 U.S. 214 (1952) |
state rights in the electoral college |
| Beauharnais v. Illinois |
343 U.S. 250 (1952) |
First Amendment and "group libel" |
| Zorach v. Clauson |
343 U.S. 306 (1952) |
release time programs |
| Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson |
343 U.S. 495 (1952) |
First Amendment and the censorship of films |
| Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer |
343 U.S. 579 (1952) |
presidential power to seize steel mills during strike to ensure wartime production |
| Kawakita v. United States |
343 U.S. 717 (1952) |
treason accusation against a person with dual citizenship. |
| Arrowsmith v. Commissioner |
344 U.S. 6 (1952) |
Taxpayers classified a payment as an ordinary business loss, which would allow them to take a greater deduction for the loss than would be permitted for a capital loss |
| United States v. Reynolds |
345 U.S. 1 (1953) |
State secrets privilege |
| Fowler v. Rhode Island |
345 U.S. 67 (1953) |
ordinance construed to penalize a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses for preaching at a peaceful religious meeting in a public park unconstitutional |
| Poulos v. New Hampshire |
345 U.S. 395 (1953) |
religious meetings and the Free Exercise Clause |
| Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co. |
346 U.S. 119 (1953) |
a corporation offering "key employees" stock shares is still subject to Section 4(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Earl Warren, October 5, 1953 |
| Toolson v. New York Yankees |
346 U.S. 356 (1953) |
baseball antitrust exemption upheld |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
347 U.S. 483 (1954) |
segregation, “separate inherently unequal” |
| Hernandez v. Texas |
347 U.S. 475 (1954) |
application of the Fourteenth Amendment to Mexican Americans |
| Bolling v. Sharpe |
347 U.S. 497 (1954) |
segregation in the District of Columbia |
| United States v. Harriss |
347 U.S. 612 (1954) |
constitutionality of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act |
| Berman v. Parker |
348 U.S. 26 (1954) |
eminent domain, takings |
| United States v. International Boxing Club of New York |
348 U.S. 236 (1955) |
boxing not exempt from antitrust regulation |
| Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States |
348 U.S. 272 (1955) |
Federal government did not owe Indian tribe compensation for timber taken from tribal-occupied lands in Alaska under the 5th Amendment |
| Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. |
348 U.S. 426 (1955) |
definition of taxable income |
| Williamson v. Lee Optical Co. |
348 U.S. 483 (1955) |
Due Process Clause, economic liberties |
| Griffin v. Illinois |
351 U.S. 12 (1956) |
access to court transcript for indigent appeals |
| Radovich v. National Football League |
352 U.S. 445 (1957) |
professional football covered by antitrust laws |
| Reid v. Covert |
354 U.S. 1 (1957) |
treaty power, right to jury trial |
| Watkins v. United States |
354 U.S. 178 (1957) |
rights of a witness in refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| Yates v. United States |
354 U.S. 298 (1957) |
free speech, distinction between expression of opinion and advocacy of action |
| Roth v. United States |
354 U.S. 476 (1957) |
obscenity |
| Conley v. Gibson |
355 U.S. 41 (1957) |
liberal pleading standards under Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
| McGee v. International Life Insurance Co. |
355 U.S. 220 (1957) |
California did not violate the Due Process Clause when entering a binding judgment on a Texas corporation with "substantial connection[s]" to California |
| Lambert v. California |
355 U.S. 225 (1957) |
mens rea and ignorance of the law |
| One, Inc. v. Olesen |
355 U.S. 371 (1958) |
pro-homosexual writings and the Comstock laws |
| Perez v. Brownell |
356 U.S. 44 (1958) |
revocation of citizenship for voting in a foreign election |
| Trop v. Dulles |
356 U.S. 86 (1958) |
Eighth Amendment, loss of citizenship |
| Sherman v. United States |
356 U.S. 369 (1958) |
Entrapment provisions apply to actions of government informers as well as agents |
| Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. |
356 U.S. 525 (1958) |
application of the Erie doctrine |
| Kent v. Dulles |
357 U.S. 116 (1958) |
right to travel, power of Secretary of State |
| Societe Internationale v. Rogers |
357 U.S. 197 (1958) |
appropriateness of involuntary dismissal of a case in which petitioner failed to produce records of a Swiss bank account |
| NAACP v. Alabama |
357 U.S. 449 (1958) |
freedom of association, privacy of membership lists |
| Speiser v. Randall |
357 U.S. 513 (1958) |
loyalty oaths |
| Cooper v. Aaron |
358 U.S. 1 (1958) |
enforcement of desegregation, "massive resistance" |
| Cammarano v. United States |
358 U.S. 498 (1959) |
business expenses incurred for the "promotion or defeat of legislation" are not tax deductible |
| Bartkus v. Illinois |
359 U.S. 121 (1959) |
"separate sovereigns" exception to double jeopardy; federal and state officials may cooperate in criminal investigations |
| Frank v. Maryland |
359 U.S. 360 (1959) |
warrantless administrative searches are permissible under the Fourth Amendment |
| Beacon Theatres v. Westover |
359 U.S. 500 (1959) |
right to civil jury trial under the Seventh Amendment, determination of legal & equitable issues |
| Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux |
360 U.S. 25 (1959) |
Abstention doctrine |
| Barenblatt v. United States |
360 U.S. 109 (1959) |
upholding conviction for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee against First Amendment challenge |
| Smith v. California |
361 U.S. 147 (1959) |
sale of obscene books |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Bates v. City of Little Rock |
361 U.S. 516 (1960) |
First Amendment, compelled disclosure of membership lists |
| United States v. Raines |
362 U.S. 17 (1960) |
Fifteenth Amendment, Civil Rights Act |
| Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation |
362 U.S. 99 (1960) |
eminent domain over Indian lands |
| Flora v. United States |
362 U.S. 145 (1960) |
Pay Income Tax Then Litigate, Internal Revenue Act |
| Dusky v. United States |
362 U.S. 402 (1960) |
standard for adjudicative competence |
| Commissioner v. Duberstein |
363 U.S. 278 (1960) |
definition of a 'gift' for taxation purposes |
| Flemming v. Nestor |
363 U.S. 603 (1960) |
no property right in Social Security benefits |
| Boynton v. Virginia |
364 U.S. 454 (1960) |
racial segregation |
| Monroe v. Pape |
365 U.S. 167 (1961) |
municipalities cannot be held liable under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 |
| Aro Mfg. Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. |
365 U.S. 336 (1961) |
doctrine of repair and reconstruction in United States patent law |
| Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority |
365 U.S. 715 (1961) |
state action |
| Gomillion v. Lightfoot |
364 U.S. 339 (1960) |
race-based electoral districting |
| James v. United States |
366 U.S. 213 (1961) |
assessment of income tax on embezzled funds |
| McGowan v. Maryland |
366 U.S. 420 (1961) |
constitutionality of laws with religious origins but secular purposes |
| Braunfeld v. Brown |
366 U.S. 599 (1961) |
constitutionality of Sabbath laws requiring Sunday closure of stores |
| Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts, Inc. |
366 U.S. 617 (1961) |
Massachusetts blue laws upheld against challenge by Kosher grocery store |
| Jarecki v. G.D. Searle & Co. |
367 U.S. 303 (1961) |
using noscitur a sociis to interpret the Excess Profits Tax Act of 1950 |
| Torcaso v. Watkins |
367 U.S. 488 (1961) |
oaths, religious test, First Amendment |
| Poe v. Ullman |
367 U.S. 497 (1961) |
ripeness to challenge statute banning contraceptives |
| Mapp v. Ohio |
367 U.S. 643 (1961) |
search and seizure, exclusionary rule |
| Hamilton v. Alabama |
368 U.S. 52 (1961) |
Absence of defendant's counsel at the time of his arraignment violated his rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment |
| Hoyt v. Florida |
368 U.S. 57 (1961) |
all-male jury in a woman's murder trial did not violate Fourteenth Amendment |
| Oyler v. Boles |
368 U.S. 448 (1962) |
habitual criminal sentencing and due process |
| Fong Foo v. United States |
369 U.S. 141 (1962) |
double jeopardy against federal courts |
| Baker v. Carr |
369 U.S. 186 (1962) |
reapportionment issues |
| Goldblatt v. Hempstead |
369 U.S. 590 (1962) |
due process, takings clause, safety regulations |
| Engel v. Vitale |
370 U.S. 421 (1962) |
school prayer |
| MANual Enterprises v. Day |
370 U.S. 478 (1962) |
magazine containing nude photographs of men not considered obscene |
| Jones v. Cunningham |
371 U.S. 236 (1963) |
state prison inmates have the right to petition for habeas corpus |
| Wong Sun v. United States |
371 U.S. 471 (1963) |
fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a narcotics case |
| Schlude v. Commissioner |
372 U.S. 128 (1963) |
what income must be included for income tax purposes when accrual method of accounting is used |
| Edwards v. South Carolina |
372 U.S. 229 (1963) |
First Amendment, protest marches at state capital |
| Gideon v. Wainwright |
372 U.S. 335 (1963) |
right to counsel |
| Douglas v. California |
372 U.S. 353 (1963) |
Fourteenth Amendment; right of poor defendants to criminal court appeals |
| Gray v. Sanders |
372 U.S. 368 (1963) |
“one man, one vote” |
| Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee |
372 U.S. 539 (1963) |
requiring person divulge information contained in an organization's membership lists violates freedom of association under First Amendment |
| Ferguson v. Skrupa |
372 U.S. 726 (1963) |
substantive due process, economic liberties |
| Brady v. Maryland |
373 U.S. 83 (1963) |
exculpatory evidence and due process |
| Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul |
373 U.S. 132 (1963) |
Preemption, Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Silver v. New York Stock Exchange |
373 U.S. 341 (1963) |
duty of self-regulation imposed upon the New York Stock Exchange by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 did not exempt it from the antitrust laws |
| Ker v. California |
374 U.S. 23 (1963) |
incorporation of the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search & seizure against the states |
| Abington School District v. Schempp |
374 U.S. 203 (1963) |
constitutionality of mandatory bible reading in public schools |
| Sherbert v. Verner |
374 U.S. 398 (1963) |
strict scrutiny for religiously-based discrimination in unemployment compensation |
| England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners |
375 U.S. 411 (1964) |
refining procedures for Pullman abstention from deciding issues of state law |
| Wesberry v. Sanders |
376 U.S. 1 (1964) |
“one man, one vote” |
| Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. |
376 U.S. 234 (1964) |
preemption of state unfair competition laws which restrict sale of unpatented items |
| Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. |
376 U.S. 225 (1964) |
preemption of state unfair competition laws which restrict sale of unpatented items, decided same day as Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. |
| New York Times Co. v. Sullivan |
376 U.S. 254 (1964) |
freedom of speech, libel |
| Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino |
376 U.S. 398 (1964) |
jurisdiction of federal courts over acts of foreign countries; act of state doctrine |
| Schneider v. Rusk |
377 U.S. 163 (1964) |
Naturalized U.S. citizens have the right to return to and reside in their native countries, and retain their U.S. citizenship, even if they never return to the United States |
| Massiah v. United States |
377 U.S. 201 (1964) |
Sixth Amendment prohibition on police speaking to suspect represented by counsel |
| Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County |
377 U.S. 218 (1964) |
closing the local school and giving white students vouchers to attend schools outside of the county was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause |
| Wilbur-Ellis Co. v. Kuther |
377 U.S. 422 (1964) |
extension of doctrine of repair and reconstruction to enhancement of device's function |
| Reynolds v. Sims |
377 U.S. 533 (1964) |
“one man, one vote” (state senates) |
| Malloy v. Hogan |
378 U.S. 1 (1964) |
Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was applicable within state courts as well as federal courts |
| Griffin v. Maryland |
378 U.S. 130 (1964) |
segregation protests |
| Barr v. City of Columbia |
378 U.S. 146 (1964) |
due process and ex post facto law |
| Robinson v. Florida |
378 U.S. 153 (1964) |
segregation protests |
| Jacobellis v. Ohio |
378 U.S. 184 (1964) |
“I know [obscenity] when I see it[.]” – Justice Potter Stewart |
| Bell v. Maryland |
378 U.S. 226 (1964) |
segregation protests |
| Bouie v. City of Columbia |
378 U.S. 347 (1964) |
due process and ex post facto law |
| United States v. Continental Can Co. |
378 U.S. 441 (1964) |
antitrust |
| Escobedo v. Illinois |
378 U.S. 478 (1964) |
right to remain silent |
| Cooper v. Pate |
378 U.S. 546 (1964) |
The court ruled for the first time that state prison inmates have the standing to sue in federal court to address their grievances under the Civil Rights Act of 1871. |
| Beck v. Ohio |
379 U.S. 89 (1964) |
probable cause and searches incident to a lawful arrest |
| McLaughlin v. Florida |
379 U.S. 184 (1964) |
striking down an anti-miscegenation law aimed at prevent cohabitation of interracial couples |
| Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States |
379 U.S. 241 (1964) |
interstate commerce, civil rights, public accommodations |
| Katzenbach v. McClung |
379 U.S. 294 (1964) |
civil rights and interstate commerce, decided same day as Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States |
| Stanford v. Texas |
379 U.S. 476 (1965) |
Fourth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Unconstitutionality of State issued general warrants |
| Cox v. Louisiana |
379 U.S. 536 (1965) |
First Amendment, "breach of the peace" statutes |
| Freedman v. Maryland |
380 U.S. 51 (1965) |
First Amendment, motion picture censorship |
| United States v. Seeger |
380 U.S. 163 (1965) |
definition of religion for a military draft exemption |
| Swain v. Alabama |
380 U.S. 202 (1965) |
use of struck jury |
| Hanna v. Plumer |
380 U.S. 460 (1965) |
interpretation of the Erie Doctrine, Civil Procedure |
| Dombrowski v. Pfister |
380 U.S. 479 (1965) |
federal injunction against state criminal trial for subversion |
| Harman v. Forssenius |
380 U.S. 528 (1965) |
Virginia's partial repeal of the poll tax violated 24th Amendment |
| Griffin v. California |
380 U.S. 609 (1965) |
prosecutor commenting on a defendant's refusal to testify violates the defendant's Fifth Amendment rights |
| One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania |
380 U.S. 693 (1965) |
evidence which is obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment may not be relied on to sustain a civil forfeiture |
| Griswold v. Connecticut |
381 U.S. 479 (1965) |
privacy, birth control |
| Estes v. Texas |
381 U.S. 532 (1965) |
overturning Billy Sol Estes conviction on 14th Amendment due process grounds due to pretrial publicity |
| Lamont v. Postmaster General |
381 U.S. 301 (1965) |
Declared unconstitutional a Federal statute requiring that addressees of "Communist political propaganda" affirmatively indicate their request to receive such mailings |
| Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board |
382 U.S. 70 (1965) |
Communist Party of the United States of America members could not be required to register with the government under the Fifth Amendment |
| Graham v. John Deere Co. |
383 U.S. 1 (1966) |
nonobviousness as a condition of patentability |
| Baxstrom v. Herold |
383 U.S. 107 (1966) |
Prisoners committed to civil mental institutions have a right to a hearing to determine whether or not they are in fact mentally disordered. |
| Brown v. Louisiana |
383 U.S. 131 (1966) |
first amendment, right to protest |
| South Carolina v. Katzenbach |
383 U.S. 301 (1966) |
Voting Rights Act, Fifteenth Amendment |
| Memoirs v. Massachusetts |
383 U.S. 413 (1966) |
obscenity |
| Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections |
383 U.S. 663 (1966) |
poll taxes are unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause |
| United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs |
383 U.S. 715 (1966) |
federal court jurisdiction over pendent claims |
| United States v. Price |
383 U.S. 787 (1966) |
the Mississippi civil rights workers murders |
| Sheppard v. Maxwell |
384 U.S. 333 (1966) |
the Sam Sheppard case, defendant's right to fair trial vs. freedom of the press |
| Miranda v. Arizona |
384 U.S. 436 (1966) |
self-incrimination (“right to remain silent”) |
| Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co. |
384 U.S. 597 (1966) |
federal agencies can use the All Writs Act to seek an injunction against a threatened action that will substantially interfere with the agency’s performance of its statutory duty |
| Katzenbach v. Morgan |
384 U.S. 641 (1966) |
voting rights, Section 5 power |
| Schmerber v. California |
384 U.S. 757 (1966) |
state can take blood sample from a suspect without his consent, without violating his Fourth Amendment rights |
| Garrity v. New Jersey |
385 U.S. 493 (1967) |
rights of police officers against self-incrimination |
| Whitus v. Georgia |
385 U.S. 545 (1967) |
racial discrimination in jury selection |
| Redrup v. New York |
386 U.S. 767 (1967) |
striking down state power to censor written works of fiction |
| In Re Gault |
387 U.S. 1 (1967) |
due process, juveniles |
| Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner |
387 U.S. 136 (1967) |
reviewability of administrative decisions |
| Toilet Goods Association, Inc. v. Gardner |
387 U.S. 158 (1967) |
ripeness in the context of judicial review of administrative decisions |
| Afroyim v. Rusk |
387 U.S. 253 (1967) |
federal government cannot strip a person of his citizenship |
| Reitman v. Mulkey |
387 U.S. 369 (1967) |
states may repeal laws providing protection against racial discrimination by Amending their state Constitution of referendum if their immediate objective is neutral and not to facilitate private racism |
| Loving v. Virginia |
388 U.S. 1 (1967) |
state laws banning interracial marriage (anti-miscegenation laws) |
| Berger v. New York |
388 U.S. 41 (1967) |
Telephone tapping in a bribery case, Fourth Amendment |
| Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts |
388 U.S. 130 (1967) |
libel; effect of Sullivan on private figures |
| United States v. Wade |
388 U.S. 218 (1967) |
no police lineup without counsel |
| Gilbert v. California |
388 U.S. 263 (1967) |
handwriting |
| United States v. Robel |
389 U.S. 258 (1967) |
First Amendment, right of association |
| Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. |
388 U.S. 395 (1967) |
Separability principle: challenges to enforceability of contracts with arbitration clauses must be decided by arbitrator unless clause itself is challenged |
| Katz v. United States |
389 U.S. 347 (1967) |
wiretapping as search and seizure |
| Zschernig v. Miller |
389 U.S. 429 (1968) |
foreign relations and state property law preventing inheritance by nonresident aliens |
| Mora v. McNamara |
389 U.S. 934 (1967) |
denial of certiorari in a case questioning the legality of the Vietnam War |
| Haynes v. United States |
390 U.S. 85 (1968) |
Compulsory firearm registration as self-incrimination |
| Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson |
390 U.S. 102 (1968) |
indispensable parties under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
| Albrecht v. Herald Co. |
390 U.S. 145 (1968) |
minimum price agreements between wholesalers and franchisees unlawful under the Sherman Act |
| Avery v. Midland County |
390 U.S. 474 (1968) |
local government districts must conform to "one man, one vote" |
| Levy v. Louisiana |
391 U.S. 68 (1968) |
An illegitimate child may still sue on behalf of a deceased parent; to deny them this right violates the Fourteenth Amendment |
| Duncan v. Louisiana |
391 U.S. 145 (1968) |
selective incorporation, trial by jury |
| United States v. O'Brien |
391 U.S. 367 (1968) |
free speech, burning draft cards |
| Green v. County School Board of New Kent County |
391 U.S. 430 (1968) |
"freedom-of-choice" desegregation plan held unconstitutional |
| Witherspoon v. Illinois |
391 U.S. 510 (1968) |
constitutional status of a death-qualified jury |
| Pickering v. Board of Education |
391 U.S. 563 (1968) |
public employees' free speech rights |
| Terry v. Ohio |
392 U.S. 1 (1968) |
search and seizure, power of police to stop and frisk suspicious persons |
| Flast v. Cohen |
392 U.S. 83 (1968) |
taxpayer standing |
| United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. |
392 U.S. 157 (1968) |
Administrative law |
| King v. Smith |
392 U.S. 309 (1968) |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children cannot be denied to families of qualifying children based on a substitute father |
| Jones v. Mayer |
392 U.S. 409 (1968) |
housing discrimination |
| Epperson v. Arkansas |
393 U.S. 97 (1968) |
teaching of evolution in conjunction with creationism |
| Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District |
393 U.S. 503 (1969) |
freedom of speech in public schools |
| Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham |
394 U.S. 147 (1969) |
overbreadth of local ordinance used by city officials to ban civil rights march |
| Stanley v. Georgia |
394 U.S. 557 (1969) |
private possession of obscene material protected under First Amendment |
| Street v. New York |
394 U.S. 576 (1969) |
free speech and flag burning |
| Shapiro v. Thompson |
394 U.S. 618 (1969) |
Right to travel |
| Leary v. United States |
395 U.S. 6 (1969) |
Marihuana Tax Act ruled unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment |
| Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC |
395 U.S. 367 (1969) |
Fairness Doctrine, broadcaster responsibilities, freedom of speech |
| Brandenburg v. Ohio |
395 U.S. 444 (1969) |
freedom of speech, incitement to riot |
| Powell v. McCormack |
395 U.S. 486 (1969) |
political question doctrine, justiciability |
| Kramer v. Union School District |
395 U.S. 621 (1969) |
right to vote in a special election district |
| Lear, Inc. v. Adkins |
395 U.S. 653 (1969) |
overturning the doctrine of licensee estoppel in U.S. patent law |
| Chimel v. California |
395 U.S. 752 (1969) |
search and seizure incident to arrest |
| Benton v. Maryland |
395 U.S. 784 (1969) |
double jeopardy |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger, June 23, 1969 |
| Anderson’s-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co. |
396 U.S. 57 (1969) |
standard of nonobviousness in United States patent law |
| Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education |
396 U.S. 1218 (1969) |
delays in school desegregation |
| Goldberg v. Kelly |
397 U.S. 254 (1970) |
procedural due process, hearing requirement |
| In re Winship |
397 U.S. 358 (1970) |
when a juvenile is charged with an act which would be a crime if committed by an adult, every element of the offense must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt |
| Waller v. Florida |
397 U.S. 387 (1970) |
collateral estoppel as applied to the same factual situation in criminal trials, double jeopardy |
| Ashe v. Swenson |
397 U.S. 436 (1970) |
same as in Waller v. Florida, above |
| Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York |
397 U.S. 664 (1970) |
tax exemption for churches |
| Rowan v. U. S. Post Office Dept. |
397 U.S. 728 (1970) |
adressees have unreviewable discretion to refuse further mail from a given sender; senders don't have a Constitutional right to send keep someone on a mailing list for unwanted mail |
| Williams v. Florida |
399 U.S. 78 (1970) |
twelve-man jury |
| North Carolina v. Alford |
400 U.S. 25 (1970) |
guilty plea in criminal case |
| Oregon v. Mitchell |
400 U.S. 112 (1970) |
age and voting rights in state elections |
| Massachusetts v. Laird |
400 U.S. 886 (1970) |
Court declined to hear a case related to the Constitutionality of the Vietnam War |
| Baird v. State Bar of Arizona |
401 U.S. 1 (1971) |
states cannot ban people from legal practice due to Communist party membership |
| In re Stolar |
401 U.S. 23 (1971) |
a state cannot require bar applicants to list every organization he or she belonged to since starting law school--decided same day as Baird v. State Bar of Arizona |
| Younger v. Harris |
401 U.S. 37 (1971) |
abstention doctrine |
| Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe |
401 U.S. 402 (1971) |
judicial review of administrative agency actions |
| Griggs v. Duke Power Co. |
401 U.S. 424 (1971) |
employment discrimination; disparate effect of employer practices |
| Haywood v. National Basketball Association |
401 U.S. 1204 (1971) |
Sherman Antitrust Act applied to the NBA |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education |
402 U.S. 1 (1971) |
use of busing for school desegregation |
| Richardson v. Perales |
402 U.S. 389 (1971) |
physicians' written reports of medical examinations of a disability claimant could constitute "substantial evidence" supportive of finding nondisability under the Social Security Act. |
| California v. Byers |
402 U.S. 424 (1971) |
Statute requiring drivers to provide personal information at the scene of an accident does not infringe on one's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination |
| Coates v. Cincinnati |
402 U.S. 611 (1971) |
criminal offenses on sidewalk |
| Cohen v. California |
403 U.S. 15 (1971) |
freedom of speech, fighting words/obscenity, “fuck the draft” |
| Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents |
403 U.S. 388 (1971) |
implied right of action in the Fourth Amendment |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman |
403 U.S. 602 (1971) |
laws without a secular purpose violate the Establishment Clause |
| Clay v. United States |
403 U.S. 698 (1971) |
Since the Appeal Board gave no reason for the denial of a conscientious objector exemption, petitioner's conviction must be reversed |
| New York Times Co. v. United States |
403 U.S. 713 (1971) |
freedom of the press, national security, Pentagon Papers |
| Reed v. Reed |
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