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Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court

Featured Cases

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Judicial Review, Federalism

At the end of President John Adams term, his Secretary of State failed to deliver documents commissioning William Marbury as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia. ... Read more

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Student Speech, Symbolic Speech

John and Mary Beth Tinker of Des Moines, Iowa, wore black armbands to their public school as a symbol of protest against American involvement in the Vietnam War. When school ... Read more

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

School Segregation, Equal Protection

In Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s, schools were segregated by race. Each day, Linda Brown and her sister had to walk through a dangerous railroad switchyard to get to the ... Read more

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Right to Counsel, Due Process

In June 1961, a burglary occurred at the Bay Harbor Pool Room in Panama City, FL. Police arrested Clarence Earl Gideon after he was found nearby with a pint ... Read more

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The Cases
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) Korematsu v. United States (1944) Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Marbury v. Madison (1803) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978) Roe v. Wade (1973) Texas v. Johnson (1989) Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) United States v. Nixon (1974)