| A | B |
|---|
| Marbury v. Madison (1803) | Established principle of judicial review. |
| McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | Reinforced doctrine of implied powers and extended power of federal government. |
| Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) | Reaffirmed Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. |
| Collector v. Day | Made state agencies exempt from federal tax/same argument as McCulloch decision. |
| Wesberry v. Sanders | Required reapportionment on "one man, one vote" basis. |
| In re Debs | Upheld President's right to use troops to enforce injunction against strike. |
| Myers v. United States | Affirmed right of President to remove Cabinet officials; Tenure of Office Act unconstitutional. |
| U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. | Upheld President's power to impose an embargo w/o Congressional approval. |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | Slaves not citizens; Congressional attempts to outlaw slavery in territories ruled unconstitutional. |
| Munn v. Illinois (1876) | States could regulate privately owned businesses in the public interest. |
| Guinn v. United States (1915) | Declared "grandfather" clauses unconstitutional |
| Nixon v. Herndon (1927) | All white primary elections declared unconstitutional. |
| Harper v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections (1964) | Did away with poll tax once and for all. |
| Buckley v. Valeo (1976) | Ruled that spending limits by candidates were unconstitutional; parts of federal election law ruled unconstitutional. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | Court decided that "separate but equal is equal" - allowed the segregation of races despite the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. |
| Northern Securities case (1904) | Ruled that the Sherman Antitrust Act was constitutional and that the Northern Securities Co. must be disolved. |
| Baker v. Carr (1962) | Required state legislatures to apportion electoral districts so that all citizen's votes would have equal weight. |
| Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) | States could not change terms of a contract ; violation of the U.S. Constitution |
| Charles River Bridge case (1837) | State could amend a contract if it was in the public interest; monopolies were unjustifiable privileges. |
| Ex parte Milligan (1867) | Military trials in areas where civil courts existed were unconstitutional. |
