| A | B |
| set the power of judicial review | Marbury vs. Madison (1803) |
| first case to determine federal law is supreme | Marbury vs. Madison (1803) |
| Constitution is the supreme law | Marbury vs. Madison (1803) |
| deals with the bank of the United States | McCullough vs. Maryland (1819) |
| Article 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18, Necessary & Proper, Commerce clause; Article 4 Cl.2 Supremacy Clause | McCullough vs. Maryland (1819) |
| Dealt with a political issue between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist at the state level | Dartmouth vs. Woodward (1819) |
| Article I Section 10; Common law | Dartmouth vs. Woodward (1819) |
| dealt with a case over a steam boat license monopoly | Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824) |
| Article I Sec. 8 Cl. 3 - Commerce Clause; Article 4 - Supremacy clasuse; Precedent McCullough vs. Maryland | Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824) |
| A slave is considered property and may be punished | (NC) State vs. Mann (1829) |
| deals with federal treaties | Worcester vs. Georgia (1832) |
| state arrests man for being in Cherokee lands without a license | Worcester vs. Georgia (1832) |
| 1820 Missouri Compromise; 1846 Federal Fugitive Slave Act | Dredd Scott vs. Sanford (1857) |
| slave sues for freedom in state court, wins, but is on trial in fedral court | Dredd Scott vs. Sanford (1857) |
| Article I Sec.9 Cl.2; suspension of the writ of habeus corpus | Ex Parte Milligan (1866) |
| a man was implicated in the escape of confederate prisoners of war outside of Chicago | Ex Parte Milligan (1866) |
| 5th: Eminent Domain; 14th Due Process/Equal Protection; 9th Public Health | Slaughter House Cases (1873) |
| local butchers were shutdown by the state and one monopoly given | Slaughter House Cases (1873) |
| 14th Equal Protection clause; Seperate but equal is ok | Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) |
| 1/16th black American buys first class train ticket, told to move, refuses | Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) |
| lottery tickets through the mail | Weeks vs. U.S. (1914) |
| 4th no illegal searches & seizures; exclusionary rule | Weeks vs. U.S. (1914) |
| circulars send in the mail telling people to avoid the draft | Schenck vs. U.S. (1919) |
| advocated violent overthrow of the government | Gitlow vs. New York (1925) |
| 1st free speech, 14th Equal protection clause, Incorporation Clause; result-limited free speech | Gitlow vs. New York (1925) |