 | Term | Definition |
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Marbury v. Madison |
(1803); established judicial review; midnight judges |
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Fletcher v. Peck |
(1810) GE legislature attempted to void a land grant, Court upheld the inviolability of contracts |
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McCulloh v. Maryland |
(1819) Nat'l laws over State laws |
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward |
(1819) Decision upheld inviolability of contracts |
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Gibbons v. Ogden |
(1824) Affirmed congress' power to regulate interstate commerce |
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Cherokee Nation v. GE |
(1831)Sates could not seize lands without consent of Indian tribes. GE and Jackson ignored this case |
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Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge |
(1837) interest of community are above corporate rights |
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Dred Scott v. Sanford |
(1857) Declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional; states are property therefore they can be taken anywhere and sill be slaves |
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Ex Parte Merryman |
(1861) Lincoln's decision to to impose martial law in Baltimore after an anti-union riot was unconstitutional |
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Ex Parte Milligan |
(1866) Court struck down wartime convictions of a civilian tried by a martial court |
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Texas v. White |
(1869); favored Pres. Johnson in the issue of Reconstruction; ruled that the Union was "indestructible" |
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Plessy v. Ferguson |
(1896) separate but equal is constitutional |
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Muller v. Oregon |
(1908) upheld Oregon law that limited the amount of working hours a woman could work |
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Schenk v. US |
(1919) Freedom of speech/press can be limited if danger is present. Reaction to Sedition/Espionage Acts |
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
separate but equal NOT constitutional |
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Engel v. Vitale |
(1962) outlawed prayer in public schools and other public events |
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Baker v. Carr |
(1962) one man one vote |
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Gideon v. Wainwright |
(1963) Ppl who could not afford a lawyer must get one from the state |
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Miranda v. Arizona |
(1966) suspects in custody must be read their rights (right to remain silent, to an attorney etc) |
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Roe v. Wade |
(1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy |
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke |
(1978) violated Civil Rights Act of 1964; prhibited illegal immigrants from using public schools and other public facilities |
