"Landmark US Supreme Court Cases"
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Carolineskipwith598 on March 13, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
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 Marbury v. Madison | is a landmark case in United States law. It formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. |
| Mculloch v. Maryland | was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in private businesses |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional. |
| The Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc v. U.S. | upheld the civil rights act of 1964.Prohibits racial discrimination in terms of service and employment. |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education | districts may bus students to other districts to end the pattern of all black or all white schools. |
| Korematsu v. U.S. | ... |
| Mapp v. Ohio | ... |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | Gideon was accused of robbery and the judge refused to appoint a free attorney. Poor Defendents in a criminal case have the right to a state-paid attorney under the 6th amendment. |
| Miranda v. Arizona | ... |
| Texas v. Johnson | ... |
| Tinker v. Des Moines School District | ... |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | ... |
| Furman v. Georgia | halted all death penalties due tot he cruel and unusual punishment clause. state had to rewrite their death penalty statue to comply. |
| Gregg v. Georgia | ... |
| U.S. v. Nixon | Nixon must not inhibit a criminal case. No one even the pres. is above the law. Nixon told he must hand over tapes of oval office.due to implications to a criminal case. |
| Scott v. Sanford | ... |
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