Supreme Court Cases

 

Marbury vs Madison, 1803
McCulloch vs Maryland, 1819
Gibbons vs Ogden, 1824
Scott vs Sanford, 1857
Plessy vs Ferguson, 1896
Schenck vs US, 1919
Gitlow vs New York, 1925
Near vs Minnesota, 1931
Korematsu vs US, 1941
Brown vs the Board of Education 1, 1954
Brown vs the Board of Education 2, 1955
Mapp vs Ohio, 1961
Baker vs Carr, 1962
Gideon vs Wainwright, 1963
Escobedo vs Illinois, 1964
Wesberry vs Sanders, 1964
Griswold vs Connecticut, 1965
Miranda vs Arizona, 1966
Brandenburg vs Ohio, 1969
Lemon vs Kurtzman, 1971
Roe vs Wade, 1973
Regents of the University of California vs Bakke, 1977
Texas vs Johnson, 1989
US vs Virginia, 1995
Reno vs American Civil Liberties Union, 1996
Shaw vs Hunt, 1996
Printz vs US, 1997
Clinton vs City of New York, 1998
Boy Scouts of America vs Dale, 2000
Bush vs Gore, 2000
Santa Fe Independent School District vs Doe, 2000
League of Latin American Citizens, et al. vs Perry 2006

 
Note: These case titles are linked to case summaries located on the "Oyez: US Supreme Court Media" website.

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