A | B |
Regents of UC Davis vs. Bakke | Affirmative action |
Brown vs. Board of Education | Integration of public schools |
Texas vs. Johnson | Burning of American flag |
Dred Scott vs. Sanford | Slaves are not citizens, and have no right to sue in a court of law |
Worcester vs. Georgia | John Marshall ruled Cherokee could stay on their land, Andrew Jackson defied it |
Plessy vs. Ferguson | "separate but equal" facilities were Constitutional |
Roe vs. Wade | Abortion legal during the 1st trimester |
Marbury vs. Madison | Established judicial review (made judicial branch stronger) |
Korematsu vs. US | National security trumps individual rights |
Schenk vs. US | Freedom of speech limited in times of "clear and present danger" (wartime) |
Scopes/Monkey Trial | Teaching of evolution illegal in public schools (battle between science and religion) |
Wabash vs. Illinois | Federal regulation of interstate transportation (railroads) |
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education | Legalized busing as a means of integration (later overturned) |
US vs. EC Knight Co. | Failed attempt to regulate monopolies under the Sherman Antitrust Act |
Northern Securities vs. US | Successfully broke up railroad monopoly |
US vs. American Tobacco | Successfully broke up American Tobacco under the Interstate Commerce Act |