Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court Case Name	Year	Fast Facts	Author of Majority Opinion	Presiding Chief Justice	Topic(s)	Blog Post
Salman v. United States	2016	Gifts of confidential information from corporate insiders to relatives violate federal securities regulations.	Samuel Alito	John Roberts		SCOTUS Issues Key Insider Trading Ruling in Salman v. United States
Shaw v. United States	2016	To convict a defendant of defrauding a financial institution under the Bank Fraud Act of 1984, the government does not need to prove that the target of the deception was a bank.	Stephen Breyer	John Roberts		Supreme Court Sides with Prosecutors in Shaw v. United States
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby	2016		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts
Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc.	2016	In the case of a multicomponent product, the relevant “article of manufacture” for arriving at a damages award under the relevant section of patent law need not be the end product sold to the consumer but may be only a component of that product.	Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts
Bosse v. Oklahoma	2016		Clarence Thomas	John Roberts
Bravo-Fernandez v. United States	2016	The Double Jeopardy Clause does not prohibit defendants from being retried after a jury has returned irreconcilably inconsistent verdicts of conviction and acquittal, and the convictions are later vacated for legal error unrelated to the inconsistency.	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	John Roberts		Bravo-Fernandez v. United States
Kansas v. Carr	2016			John Roberts	Eighth Amendment	Kansas v. Carr: Capital Sentencing Under the Eighth Amendment
EEOC v. Abercrombie	2015		Antonin Scalia	John Roberts		EEOC v. Abercrombie: Religious Rights in the Workplace
Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency	2015			John Roberts		Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency: Court Strikes Down EPA Emissions Rule
City of Los Angeles v. Patel	2015		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts		City of Lons Angeles v. Patel: Court Mandates Pre-Clearance Review
Rodriguez v. United States	2015		Ruth Bader Ginsburg	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Traffic Stop Drug Search Fails Fourth Amendment “Sniff” Test
Kansas v. Nebraska and Colorado	2015		Elena Kagan	John Roberts	Judicial Review	Kansas v. Nebraska and Colorado: A Lesson in Original Jurisdiction
Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama	2015		Stephen Breyer	John Roberts	Fourteenth Amendment Fifteenth Amendment	When Does Redistricting Violate the Voting Rights Act?
Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl	2015		Clarence Thomas	John Roberts		Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Online Retailers
King v. Burwell	2015			John Roberts	Fourteenth Amendment	Supreme Court to Release Same-Day Audio for Same-Sex Marriage Case
Yates v. United States	2015		Ruth Bader Ginsburg	John Roberts	First Amendment	Yates v. United States: A Classic Case of Prosecutorial Overreach
Horne v. Department of Agriculture	2015			John Roberts	Fifth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment	Raisins Are Property Too
Zivotofsky v. Kerry	2015		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Article I, Section 8	What’s on Tap: Supreme Court to Take Up Israeli Passport Controversy
Glossip v. Gross	2015		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	Eighth Amendment	Glossip v. Gross: Supreme Court Grants Rare Death Penalty Case
Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar	2015		John Roberts	John Roberts	Government Action, First Amendment	Florida’s Campaign Finance Laws for Judicial Candidates Does Not Violate First Amendment, Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar: Campaign Finance for Judges
Montgomery v. Louisiana	2015		Samuel Alito	John Roberts		Montgomery v. Louisiana: Juvenile Sentencing Decision Is Retroactive
Christeson v. Roper	2015			John Roberts		Christeson v. Roper: Counsel Meets “Interests of Justice” Standard
Kingsley v. Hendrickson	2015			John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Kingsley v. Hendrickson: The Objectively Unreasonable Standard for Excessive Force Claims
Woods v. Donald	2015			John Roberts		Woods v. Donald: The Standard for Habeas Relief
Montanile v. Board of Trustees	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Considers Four Cases
Green v. Brennan	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Considers Four Cases
Whole Woman's Health v. Cole	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Considers Four Cases
Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore	2015			John Roberts		U.S. Supreme Court Review For October, 2015
OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs	2015			John Roberts		U.S. Supreme Court Review For October, 2015
Stryker Corporation v. Zimmer Inc. and Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.	2015			John Roberts		U.S. Supreme Court Review For October, 2015
In Omnicare v. Laborers Dist. Council	2015			John Roberts		Securities Act of 1933: In Omnicare v. Laborers Dist. Council
Luis v. United States	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Considers Four Cases
DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: SCOTUS Chides California Court & Adds Drunk Driving Case
Davis v. Ayala	2015		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts		Davis v. Ayala: Excluding Attorneys from Batson Hearing Was Harmless Error
Foster v. Chatman	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases
Spokeo Inc. v. Robins	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases
Lockhart v. United States	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases
Torres v. Lynch	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases
Shapiro v. McManus	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases
Bruce v. Samuels	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases
Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association	2015			John Roberts		Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association: APA Compliance
Mobile South LLC v. City of Roswell	2015		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts		T-Mobile South LLC v. City of Roswell
Zubik v. Burwell	2015			John Roberts		Zubik v. Burwell: Contraceptive Mandate Take 2
Young v. United	2015			John Roberts		Young v. United Parcel Service: Establishing Pregnancy Discrimination
Hurst v. Florida	2015			John Roberts	Sixth Amendment Eighth Amendment	Grand Jury Power in Death Penalty Cases Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Florida’s Death Penalty Scheme Hurst v. Florida: Only a Jury Can Impose the Death Sentence
Tyson Foods Inc. v. Bouaphakeo	2015			John Roberts		Week in Review: Court Considers Four Cases
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby	2014		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	First Amendment	How Will Court Precedent Impact the Latest ACA Lawsuit?
Abramski v. United States	2014		Elena Kagan	John Roberts		Abramski v. United States: Supreme Court Rules Against Straw Purchaser in Gun Case
Riley v. California	2014		John Roberts	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Riley v California: Police Must Obtain Warrant to Search Cell Phones
McCutcheon v. FEC	2014		John Roberts	John Roberts	First Amendment	Big Supreme Court Decisions Anticipated in Coming Weeks
Warger v. Shauers	2014		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts		Warger v. Shauers: Interpreting Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b)
Jennings v. Stephens	2014			John Roberts		Jennings v. Stephens: Certificate of Appealability Not Required for Habeas Petitioner
Heien v. North Carolina	2014		John Roberts	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Heien v. North Carolina: Reasonable Mistake of Law Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment, What’s On Tap? The Supreme Court to Address Fourth Amendment Implications of Police Officer Mistake
Holt v. Hobbs	2014		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	First Amendment	Supreme Court to Consider Inmates’ Rights to Grow Facial Hair Under RLUIPA Holt v Hobbs: Jail’s Beard Policy Violates Rights of Muslim Prisoner
Reed v. Town of Gilbert	2014			John Roberts	First Amendment	What’s On Tap: Arizona Church Claims Sign Ordinance Violates First Amendment Municipal Sign Ordinance Violates the First Amendment in Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Fernandez v. California	2014		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	The Fourth Amendment	Fernandez v. California: Ruling Makes It Easier for Police to Search Your Home
Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne	2014		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	Fourteenth Amendment	Marylands Tax Scheme Violates THe Commerce Claus in Controller v. Wynn
Bond v. United States	2014		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Tenth Amendment	Bond v. United States: Is Supreme Court Poised to Limit the Government’s Treaty Power?, Big Supreme Court Decisions Anticipated in Coming Weeks, Bond v. United States: Another Case of Constitutional Avoidance
Elonis v. United States	2014		John Roberts	John Roberts	First Amendment	Online Threats & The First Amendment in Elonis v. United States
City and County of San Francisco, California v. Sheehan	2014		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	San Francisco v. Sheehan: Law Enforcement and the Mentally Disabled
Lane v. Franks	2014		Sonia Sotomayer	John Roberts	First Amendment	Lane v. Franks: When Are Public Employees Entitled to First Amendment Protection?
Town of Greece v. Galloway	2014		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	First Amendment	Big Supreme Court Decisions Anticipated in Coming Weeks, Prayer Before Government Meetings Upheld As Nation’s Tradition, Where Tradition and the Law Collide: Supreme Court to Consider Public Prayer
National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning	2014		Stephen Breyer	John Roberts	Recess Appointments Clause	National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning: Supreme Court Limits Recess Appointment Power
Harris v. Quinn	2014		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	First Amendment	Harris v. Quinn: Public Employees Union and the First Amendment
Daimler AG v. Bauman	2014		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts	Fourteenth Amendment	Daimler AG v. Bauman: Where Is a Corporation’s True Home?
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission	2014		Ruth Bader Ginsburg	John Roberts	Article I, Section Four	What's On Tap: Court Decide Fate Arizonas Non Partisan Redistricting Metho
Plumhoff v. Rickard	2014		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment	Plumhoff v. Rickard: When Is Police Use of Deadly Force Justified?
Missouri v. McNeely	2013		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Missouri v. McNeely: Supreme Court Rules Warrant Required for DUI Blood Testing
Kansas v. Cheever	2013		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts	Fifth Amendment	Kansas v. Cheever: Supreme Court Issues Key Fifth Amendment Decision
Maryland v. King	2013		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Maryland v. King: Open Up for Royal Inspection
Fisher v. University of Texas	2013		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Equal Protection	Fisher v. University of Texas: Affirmative Action Lives to See Another Day
Stanton v. Sims	2013			John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Supreme Court Gives Police Latitude to Pursue Misdemeanor Suspect on Private Property
McQuiggin v. Perkins	2013		Ruth Bader Ginsburg	John Roberts	Article I, Section IX	McQuiggin v. Perkins: Innocence Prevails Over Deadlines
McCullen v. Coakley	2013		John Roberts	John Roberts	First Amendment	Supreme Court’s Latest Abortion Case Lacked Fireworks, McCullen v. Coakley: Court Strikes Down Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone
Clapper v. Amnesty International USA	2013		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	Article III	Government Wiretapping Escapes Court Review: Clapper v. Amnesty Intl. USA , Is the NSA Spying Scandal Headed to the Supreme Court? Case Likely Comes Down to Standing
United States v. Windsor	2013		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Fifth Amendment Forteenth Amendment	United States v. Windsor: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns DOMA, Supreme Court Not Done With Same Sex Marriage, Is Same-Sex Marriage on the Fast Track Back to the Supreme Court?, How Will Same-Sex Marriage Bans Shape John Robert’s Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy Key to Divided Court on Same-Sex Marriage
Shelby v. Holder	2013		John Roberts	John Roberts	Voting Rights, 15th Amendment	Shelby v. Holder: Supreme Court Invalidates Key Provision of Voting Rights Act , What’s on Tap: Supreme Court to Consider Alabama Redistricting Case
Salinas v. Texas	2013		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	Fifth Amendment	Salinas v. Texas: Do Americans Still Have the Right to Remain Silent?
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International	2013		John Roberts	John Roberts	First Amendment	Government Can’t Use Funding to Control Speech: U.S. Agency for Int’l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int’l
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum	2013		John Roberts	John Roberts		Corporate Liability For Overseas Human Rights Abuses to Get a Second Look By SJC
Hollingsworth v. Perry	2013		John Roberts	John Roberts	Equal Protection	Hollingsworth v. Perry: Technicality Leads to Same-Sex Marriage in California, Is Same-Sex Marriage on the Fast Track Back to the Supreme Court?, Supreme Court Not Done With Same-Sex Marriage, Will History Be Made? Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases, Supreme Court to Consider Treaty Power in Bond v. United States, U.S. Supreme Court Decision Watch Begins As End of Term Nears
Florida v. Harris	2013		Elena Kagan	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	First Supreme Court Sniff Test Goes to the Dogs: Florida v. Harris
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action	2013		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	14th Amendment	Big Supreme Court Decisions Anticipated in Coming Weeks, Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Affirmative Action in Public Universities , Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of State Ban on Affirmative Action, Affirmative Action Decision Could Rest on Decades Old Busing Case: Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1
Martel v. Clair	2012		Elena Kagan	John Roberts	Habeas Corpus, Suspension Clause	Martel v. Clair: Court Refuses Fill Statutory Gap With New Standard
United States v. Jones	2012		Antonin Scalia	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	U.S. v. Jones: Police GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC	2012		Antonin Scalia	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	The Ministerial Exception: Does It Extend Beyond Hosanna-Tabor?
PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana	2012		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Article IV, Section III	PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana: Supreme Court Decision Leaves Montana Up a Creek
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services	2012		John Roberts	John Roberts	Commerce Clause, Necessary and Proper Clause , Taxing and Spending Clause	History Will Remember Chief Justice John “Marshall” Roberts, Supreme Court Review of the Affordable Care Act Began in 1803
Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000	2012		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	First Amendment	Knox v. SEIU: Sleeper Case Will Have Significant Impact on Political Spending
Southern Union Company v. United States	2012		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts	Fifth Amendment Sixth Amendment	Southern Union Company v. United States: Criminal Fines Implicate the Sixth Amendment Right to Jury Trial
Arizona v. United States	2012		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Enumerated Powers of Congress	Arizona v. United States: What’s Next for the State’s Controversial Immigration Law?
Armour v. Indianapolis	2012		Stephen Breyer	John Roberts	Equal Protection	Armour v. Indianapolis: Do Unequal Taxes Violate the Constitution?
Zivotofsky v. Clinton	2012		John Roberts	John Roberts	Justiciability, Political Question Doctrine	Zivotofsky v. Clinton: Who Can Dictate Middle East Foreign Policy?
Turner v. Rogers	2011		Stephen Breyer	John Roberts	Procedural Due Process
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association	2011			John Roberts	1st Amendment	Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association: Video Games & The First Amendment
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission	2010		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	First Amendment, Free Speech	Citizens United Decision That Created “Super Pacs” May Be Reconsidered, Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar: Campaign Finance for Judges, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment
Padilla v. Kentucky	2010		John Paul Stevens	John Roberts	Sixth Amendment	Does Padilla v. Kentucky Apply Retroactively? Supreme Court to Decide Next Term
US v. O'Brien	2010		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	1st Amendment	U.S. V. O’Brien: Symbolic Speech and the First Amendment
McDonald v. Chicago	2010		Samuel Alito	John Roberts	Second Amendment, Substantive Due Process, Incorporation of the Bill of Rights	Will U.S. Supreme Court Enter Controversy Over Right to Bear Arms?
Caperton v. Massey Coal	2009		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Procedural Due Process	Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar: Campaign Finance for Judges
District of Columbia v. Heller	2008		Antonin Scalia	John Roberts	Second Amendment	Where Does the Supreme Court Stand on Gun Control? District of Columbia v. Heller
Boumediene v. Bush	2008		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Article 1, Section 9	Boumediene v. Bush: Constitutional Rights of Guantanamo Detainees
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board	2008		John Paul Stevens	John Roberts	Equal Protection, Substantive Due Process	Are Voter ID Laws Headed Back to the Supreme Court?
Kennedy v. Louisiana	2008		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Eighth Amendment
Kennedy v. Louisana	2008		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	8th Amendment	Kennedy v. Louisiana: Eighth Amendment Restrictions on the Death Penalty
Gonzales v. Carhart	2007		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts	Substantive Due Process
Massachusetts v. EPA	2007		John Paul Stevens	John Roberts	Justiciability
United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority	2007		John Roberts	John Roberts	The Commerce Clause
Morse v. Frederick	2007		John Roberts	John Roberts	First Amendment
Scott v. Harris	2007		Anton Scalia	John Roberts	Fourth Amendment	Plumhoff v. Rickard: When Is Police Use of Deadly Force Justified?
Central Virginia Community College v. Katz	2006		John Paul Stevens	John Roberts	Eleventh Amendment
Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal	2006		John Roberts	John Roberts	First Amendment
Purcell v. Gonzalez	2006			John Roberts	Fourteenth Amendment	Did Purcell v. Gonzalez Force the Supreme Court to Green Light the Texas Voter ID Law?
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld	2006		John Stephens	John Roberts	Article II, Section 2
Gonzales v. Oregon	2006		Anthony Kennedy	John Roberts
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England	2006		Sandra Day O'Connor	John Roberts		Ayotte v Planned Parenthood: The Remedy For Unconstitutional Laws
Gonzales v. Raich	2005		John P. Stevens	William Rehnquist	Powers of Congress	The Supreme Court’s Stance on Legalizing Marijuana: Gonzales v. Raich
Roper v. Simmons	2005		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	Eighth Amendment
McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union	2005		David Souter	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Granholm v. Heald	2005		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	Twenty-First Amendment
Kelo v. City of New London	2005		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Fifth Amendment
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow	2004		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Justiciability
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld	2004		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	Procedural Due Process
Vieth v. Jubelirer	2004		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Article 1, Section 2
Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union	2004		Clarence Thomas	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Crawford v. Washington	2004		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Sixth Amendment
Grutter v. Bollinger	2003		Sandra Day O'Conner	William Rehnquist	Equal Protection Affirmative Action	Are College Admissions Policies Set to Change Again? Grutter v. Bolinger to Be Challenged Next Term
Lawrence v. Texas	2003		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	Fourteenth Amendment	Lawrence v. Texas: Are Same-Sex Marriage Bans Constitutional?
American Insurance Association v. Garamendi	2003		David Souter	William Rehnquist	Article VI
McConnell v. Federal Elections Commission	2003		John Stephens	William Rehnquist	First Amendment	Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment
Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs	2003		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Eleventh Amendment
Virginia v. Black	2003		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency	2002		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Fifth Amendment
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris	2002		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Atkins v. Virginia	2002		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Eighth Amendment	What’s on Deck: Supreme Court May Change Execution Rules for Mentally Disabled Defendants
Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union	2002		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. of N. Y., Inc. v. Village of Stratton	2002		John Stephens	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Lapides v. Board of Regents of University System of Georgia	2002		Stephen Breyer	William Rehnquist	Eleventh Amendment
Bartnicki v. Vopper	2001		John P. Stevens	William Rehnquist	First Amendment	Decision Shields Media Disclosures of Secret Recordings: Bartnicki vs. Vopper
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett	2001		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Eleventh Amendment
Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association	2001		David Souter	William Rehnquist	Government Action, Fourteenth Amendment , First Amendment
United States v. Morrison	2000		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Government Action
Reno v. Condon	2000		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Tenth Amendment
Troxel v. Granville	2000		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	Substantive Due Process
US v. Playboy Entertainment Group	2000		William Rehnquist	Anthony Kennedy	First Amendment
Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe	2000		John Stephens	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale	2000		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin v. Southworth	2000		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Bush v. Gore	2000			William Rehnquist	Equal Protection
Mitchell v. Helms	2000		Clarence Thomas	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Erie v. PAP's AM	2000		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Hill v. Colorado	2000		Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	First Amendment	What’s on Deck? Court to Consider Buffers at Abortion Clinics , Supreme Court’s Latest Abortion Case Lacked Fireworks
Alden v. Maine	1999		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	Eleventh Amendment
Saenz v. Roe	1999		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Substantive Due Process , Privileges or Immunities
Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Ralph P. Forbes	1998		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.	1998		Clarence Thomas	William Rehnquist	Seventh Amendment
Clinton v. New York	1998		John P. Stevens	William Rehnquist	Article I
Agostini v. Felton	1997		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Vacco v. Quill	1997		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Equal Protection	Vacco v. Quill: The Right to Die and the U.S. Constitution
Washington v. Glucksberg	1997		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Substantive Due Process
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union	1997		John Stephens	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
City of Boerne v. Flores	1997		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	Enforcement of the Constitution
Printz v. United States	1997		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Tenth Amendment
Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network Of Western New York	1996		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Denver Area Ed. Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. FCC	1996		Stephen Breyer	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Romer v. Evans	1996		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	Equal Protection	Same-Sex Marriage: Will Justice Kennedy Again Provide the Swing Vote?, Will Same-Sex Marriage Decision Impact Wider Equal Rights Concerns?, Will the Supreme Court Finally Address Same-Sex Marriage?, Justice Anthony Kennedy Key to Divided Court on Same-Sex Marriage
Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.	1996		David Souter	William Rehnquist	Seventh Amendment
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida	1996		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Eleventh Amendment
44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island	1996		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Twenty-First Amendment
United States v. Virginia	1996		Ruth Bader Ginsburg	William Rehnquist	Equal Protection
U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton	1995		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist
Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	1995		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston	1995		David Souter	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Capital Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette	1995		Anton Scalia	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
C & A Carbone, Inc. v. Clarkstown	1994		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	The Commerce Clause
Board of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. v. Grumet	1994		David Souter	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Nixon v. United States	1993		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Impeachment of Federal Judges
Lamb's chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School Dist.	1993		Byron White	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Church of the Lukumi Bablu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah	1993		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Burson v. Freeman	1992		Harry Blackmun	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul	1992		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee	1992			William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Lee v. Weisman	1992		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council	1992		Byron White	William Rehnquist	Fifth Amendment
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife	1992		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Justiciability
Planned Parenthood of Southern Pennsylvania v. Casey	1992		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	Substantive Due Process	What’s on Deck: Another Abortion Case Inching Closer to Supreme Court Review
Doggett v. United States	1992		David Souter	William Rehnquist	Sixth Amendment
New York v. United States	1992		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	Tenth Amendment
Quill v. North Dakota	1991		John P. Stevens	William Rehnquist		Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Online Retailers
County of Riverside v. McLaughlin	1991		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	Fourth Amendment
Barnes v. Glen Theatre	1991		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Harmelin v. Michigan	1991		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Eighth Amendment
Keller v. State Bar of California	1990		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Maryland v. Craig	1990		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	Sixth Amendment
United States v. Eichman	1990		William Brennan	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Osbourne v. Ohio	1990		Byron White	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California	1990		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
US v. Kokinda	1990		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Employment Division v. Smith	1990		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Enforcement of the Constitution, First Amendment
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health	1990		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Substantive Due Process
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce	1990		Thurgood Marshall	William Rehnquist	First Amendment	Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment
City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.	1989		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	Equal Protection
Ward v. Rock Against Racism	1989		Anthony Kennedy	William Rehnquist	First Amendment	McCullen v. Coakley: Court Strikes Down Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone
DeShaney v. Winnebago County	1989		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Government Action
Sable Communications v. FCC	1989		Byron White	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
"_blank">Michael H. v. Gerald D.	1989		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Substantive Due Process
Stanford v. Kentucky	1989		Antonin Scalia	William Rehnquist	Eighth Amendment
Texas v. Johnson	1989		William Brennan	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union	1989		Harry Blackmun	William Renhquist	First Amendment
Frazee v. Illinois Employment Security Department	1989		Byron White	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Graham v. Connor	1989		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Fourth Amendment	Plumhoff v. Rickard: When Is Police Use of Deadly Force Justified?
City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co.	1988		William Brennan	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier	1988		Byron White	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Thompson v. Oklahoma	1988		John Paul Stevens	William Rehnquist	Eighth Amendment
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetary	1988		Sandra Day O'Connor	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Morrison v. Olson	1988		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Article II, Section 2
United States v. Salerno	1987		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Eighth Amendment
South Dakota v. Dole	1987		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	Article I, Section 8, Twenty-First Amendment
Edwards v. Aguillard	1987		William Brennan	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Pope v. Illinois	1987		Byron White	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
McClesky v. Kemp	1987		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	William Rehnquist	Equal Protection
San Francisco Arts and Athletics v. United States Olympic Committee)	1987		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	William Rehnquist	Government Action, First Amendment
Court of Presiding Bishop v. Amos	1987		Byron White	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Puerto Rico v. Branstad	1987		Thurgood Marshall	William Rehnquist	Extradition Clause
Bowers v. Hardwick	1986		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	Fourth Amendment	Justice Anthony Kennedy Key to Divided Court on Same-Sex Marriage
Goldman v. Weinberger	1986		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Bowers v. Hardwick	1986		Byron White	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection	Lawrence v. Texas: Are Same-Sex Marriage Bans Constitutional? , Same-Sex Marriage: Will Justice Kennedy Again Provide the Swing Vote?
City of Newport v. Iacobucci (1986)	1986			William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court	1986		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
"_blank"> Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	1986		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
Bethel School District No. 43 v. Fraser	1986		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Batson v. Kentucky	1986		Lewis F. Powell, Jr	Warren E. Burger	Equal Protection	Batson v. Kentucky: When Can Jurors Be Excluded?, Will Supreme Court Consider New Rules for Peremptory Challenges?
City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc	1986		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Wallace v. Jaffree	1985		John Stephens	Warren Burger	First Amendment
New Jersey v. T.L.O.	1985		Byron White	Warren Burger	Fourth Amendment	Protecting Students in a Dangerous World: New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc.	1985		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.	1985		Byron White	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff	1984		Sandra Day O'Connor	Warren Burger	Fifth Amendment
Roberts v. United States Jaycees	1984		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden	1984		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	Privileges and Immunities Clause
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.	1984	Set forth legal test for determining whether to grant deference to a government agency's interpretation of a statute which it administers.	John Stevens	Warren Burger	Judicial Review
Allen v. Wright	1984		Sandra Day O' Connor	Warren Burger	Justiciability
Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.	1984		John Stephens	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Lynch v. Donnelly	1984		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Chevron USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council	1984		John Paul Stevens	Warren Burger	Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977	Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council Decision Codified Administrative Deference
INS v. Chadha	1983		Warren Burger	Warren Burger
Karcher v. Daggett	1983		William Brennan	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
Mueller v. Allen	1983		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	First Amendment
City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health	1983		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
Marsh v. Chambers	1983		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment	Marsh v. Chambers: The Establishment of Religion
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission	1983		Byron White	Warren Burger
Solem v. Helm	1983		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Eighth Amendment
Waller v. Georgia	1983		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
Bob Jones v. United States	1983		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
New York v. Ferber	1982		Byron White	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Brown v. Hartlage	1982		William Brennan	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Larson v. Valente	1982		Stephen Brenner	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Plyler v. Doe	1982		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan	1982		Sandra Day O'Connor	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
Rendell-Baker v. Kohn	1982		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	Government Action
Widmar v. Vincent	1981		Lewis Powell	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division	1981		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Memphis v. Greene	1981		John Paul Stevens	Warren Burger	Thirteenth Amendment
Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery	1981		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Warren Burger	Equal Protection, The Commerce Clause
Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness	1981		Byron White	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.	1981			Warren Burger	The Commerce Clause
Dames & Moore v. Regan	1981		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger
Stone v. Graham	1980			Warren Burger	First Amendment
Ohio v. Roberts	1980		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
Vance v. Universal Amusement Co.,	1980			Warren Burger	First Amendment
Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins	1980		William Rehnquist	William Rehnquist	First Amendment
Committee For Public Education And Religious Liberty v. Regan	1980		Byron White	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia	1980		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	Freedom of the Press
Central Hudson Gas v. Public Service Commission	1980		Lewis Powell	Warren Burger	First Amendment
New York Transit Authority v. Beazer	1979		John Paul Stevens	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
Hutchinson v. Proxmire	1979		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Gannet Co., Inc. v. DePasquale	1979		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	Freedom of the Press
Smith v. Arkansas State Hwy. Employees Local	1979			Warren Burger	First Amendment
Scott v. Illinois	1979		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
Smith v. Maryland	1979		Harry Blackmun	Warren E. Burger	Fourth Amendment	Supreme Court’s Decision in Smith v. Maryland Resurfaces in NSA Spying Debate, Will Supreme Court Confront the Tough Issues in Upcoming Privacy Cases?
Delaware v. Prouse	1979		Byron White	Warren Burger	Fourth Amendment	What’s On Tap? The Supreme Court to Address Fourth Amendment Implications of Police Officer Mistake
Ballew v. Georgia	1978		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
Hutto v. Finney	1978		John Paul Stevens	Warren Burger	Eighth Amendment
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke	1978		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Equal Protection	Fisher v. University of Texas: Affirmative Action Lives to See Another Day , Are College Admissions Policies Set to Change Again? Grutter v. Bolinger to Be Challenged Next Term
Zurcher v. Sanford Daily	1978		Byron White	Warren Burger	Freedom of the Press
Penn Central v. City of New York	1978		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Warren Burger	Fifth Amendment	Government Takings Under Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City
Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation	1978		John Paul Stevens	Warren Burger	First Amendment	The Supreme Court and “Filthy Words”: FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
Zablocki v. Redhail	1978		Thurgood Marshall	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
Ingraham v. Wright	1977		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Eighth Amendment
Moore v. East Cleveland	1977		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
Coker v. Georgia	1977		Byron White	Warren Burger	Eighth Amendment
Stanley v. Illinois	1977		Byron White	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education	1977		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	First Amendment	Abood v. Detroit Board of Education: Public Unions, Agency Shop and the First Amendment
Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. v. Doyle	1977		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp.	1977		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer	1976		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	Eleventh Amendment
Time, Inc. v Firestone	1976		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Buckley v. Valeo	1976			Warren Burger	First Amendment First Amendment	Buckley v. Valeo: Campaign Finance Laws and the First Amendment
Wolman v. Walter	1976		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich	1976		William Brennan	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Washington v. Davis	1976		Byron White	Warren Burger	Equal Protection	Washington v. Davis: Discriminatory Purpose & Effect
Mathews v. Eldridge	1976		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Procedural Due Process
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart	1976		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Roemer v. Maryland Public Works Board	1976		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Young v. American Mini Theatres	1976		John Stephens	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Craig v. Boren	1976		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board	1976		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Greer v. Spock	1976		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Gregg v. Georgia	1976		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	Eighth Amendment
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc	1976		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Meek v. Pittenger	1975		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Bigelow v. Virginia	1975		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Taylor v. Louisiana	1975		Byron White	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
Pernell v. Southall Realty	1974		Thurgood Marshall	Warren Burger	Seventh Amendment
Richardson v. Ramirez	1974		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	Fourteenth Amendment
Miami Herald v. Tornillo	1974		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Jenkins v. Georgia	1974		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Spence v. Washington	1974			Warren Burger	First Amendment
Gertz v. Welch	1974		Lewis Powell	Warren Burger	First Amendment
United States v. Richardson	1974		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	Justiciability
U.S. v. Nixon	1974		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	Powers of the Supreme Court Powers of the Executive	U.S. v. Nixon: The Supreme Court Rises Above the Political Fray
Roe v. Wade	1973		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment	Roe v. Wade: Still Generating Controversy Almost Forty Years Later
Sloan v. Lemon	1973		Lewis Powell	Warren Burger	First Amendment
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez	1973		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton	1973		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Committee for Public Education v. Nyquist	1973		Lewis Powell	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Levitt v. Committee for Public Education	1973		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Miller v. California	1973		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Norwood v. Harrison	1973		Warren Burger	Warren Burger
CBS v. Democratic National Committee	1973		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	Government Action First Amendment
Sugarman v. Dougall	1973		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
Department of Agriculture v. Moreno	1973		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Warren Burger	Due Process
Doe v. Bolton	1973		Harry Blackmun	Warren Burger	Substantive Due Process
California v. LaRu	1972		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Gooding v. Wilson	1972		William Brennan	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Perry v. Sindermann	1972		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	Procedural Due Process
Furman v. Georgia	1972		None	Warren Burger	Eighth Amendment	Furman v. Georgia: The Constitutionality of the Death Penalty
Lloyd Corp., Ltd. v. Tanner	1972		Lewis Powell	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Branzburg v. Hayes	1972		Byron White	Warren Burger	First Amendment	Branzburg v. Hayes: The Evolution of the Reporters’ Privilege
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth (1972)	1972		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	Procedural Due Process
Barker v. Wingo	1972		Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
California Motor Transp. Co. v. Trucking Unlimited	1972		William Douglass	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Eisenstadt v. Baird	1972		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Warren Burger	Fourteenth Amendment	Is Contraception the Next Hot-Button Issue Headed to the Supreme Court? A Look Back at Eisenstadt v. Baird
Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley	1972		Thurgood Marshall	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Wisconsin v. Yoder	1972		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment	Wisconsin v. Yoder: Compulsory Education Violates First Amendment
Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis	1972		William Rehnquist	Warren Burger	Government Action Equal Protection
In re Stolar	1971		Hugo Black	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Coates v. City of Cincinnati	1971		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Cohen v. California	1971		John Harlan	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Time, Inc. v. Pape	1971		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Reed v. Reed	1971		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	Equal Protection
United States v. Marion	1971		Byron White	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
Gillette v. United States	1971		Thurgood Marshall	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Law Students Research Council v. Wadmond	1971		Potter Stewart	Warren Burger	First Amendment
New York Times Co. v. United States	1971			Warren Burger	First Amendment
Lemon v. Kurtzman	1971		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Tilton v. Richardson	1971		Warren Burger	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Griggs v. Duke Power Co.	1971	Employers are able to use intelligence tests only if the tests demonstrate a reasonable measure of job performance.	Warren Burger	Warren Burger
Baird v. State Bar of Arizona	1971		Hugo Black	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Palmer v. Thompson	1971		Hugo Black	Warren Burger	Thirteenth Amendment
Goldberg v. Kelly	1970	All states are required to provide public aid recipients with a pre-termination evidentiary hearing before discontinuing their benefits.	William Brennan	Warren Burger	14th Amendment
Williams v. Florida	1970		Byron White	Warren Burger	Sixth Amendment
Oregon v. Mitchell	1970		Hugo Black	Warren Burger	Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Welsh v. United States	1970		Hugo Black	Warren Burger	First Amendment
Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp	1970		William O. Douglass	Warren Burger	Justiciability
In re Winship	1970	Due Process requires every criminal offense to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.	William Brennan	Warren Burger	14th Amendment
Watts v. US	1969			Earl Warren	First Amendment
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham	1969		Potter Stewart	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Kramer v. Union Free School District	1969		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection
Tinker v. Des Moines Sch. Dist.	1969		Abe Fortas	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Brandenburg v. Ohio	1969			Earl Warren	First Amendment
Shapiro v. Thompson	1969		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Earl Warren	Substantive Due Process
Stanley v. Georgia	1969		Thurgood Marshall	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC	1969		Byron White	Earl Warren	First Amendment
US v. O'Brien	1968		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Pickering v. Board of Education	1968		Thurgood Marshall	Earl Warren	First Amendment	Lane v. Franks: When Are Public Employees Entitled to First Amendment Protection?
Epperson v. Arkansas	1968		Abe Fortas	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc.	1968		Thurgood Marshall	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.	1968		Potter Stewart	Earl Warren	Thirteenth Amendment
Terry v. Ohio	1968		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Fourth Amendment	Terry v. Ohio: The Birth of Stop and Frisk
St. Amant v. Thompson	1968		Byron White	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Walker v. City of Birmingham	1967		Potter Stewart	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Loving v. Virginia	1967		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Fourteenth Amendment	Loving v. Virginia: The Supreme Court’s Last Blockbuster Marriage Decision, Baker v. Nelson: The Often Forgotten Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Case , Loving v. Virginia: The Court’s Last Key Marriage Decision
Afroyim v. Rusk	1967		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	Birthright Citizenship
In Re Gault	1967	Juveniles are to be provided with most of the procedural protections afforded to adults in criminal prosecutions.	Abe Fortas	Earl Warren	14th Amendment
Katz v. United States	1967		Potter Stewart	Earl Warren	Fourth Amendment	U.S. v. Jones: Police GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant
Curtis Publishing Co. v. Buts	1967		John Harlan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Miranda vs Arizona	1966		Earl Warren	Earl Warren		Miranda vs Arizona: The Bedrock of Criminal Law
South Carolina v. Katzenbach	1966		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Fifteenth Amendment	Will Supreme Court Be Able to Sidestep Deciding Fate of Voting Rights Act?, Will the Voting Rights Act Come Before the Supreme Court Again?
Adderly v. Florida	1966		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Mills v. State of Alabama	1966		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Miranda v. Arizona	1966	Individuals must be informed of their Fifth Amendment constitutional rights prior to any interrogation following an arrest.	Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Fifth Amendment
United States v. Guest	1966		Potter Stewart	William Brennan	Fourteenth Amendment	United States v. Guest: Conspiracies and the Fourteenth Amendment
Elfbrandt v. Russell	1966		William Douglas	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Rosenblatt v Bauer	1966		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections	1966		William O. Douglas	Earl Warren	Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection	Are Voter ID Laws Headed Back to the Supreme Court?
Sheppard v. Maxwell	1965		Tom C. Clark	Harlan F. Stone	Sixth Amendment
Cox v. Louisiana	1965		Arthur Goldberg	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Zemel v. Rusk	1965		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	The Fifth Amendment	Zemel v. Rusk: Supreme Court Upholds Travel Restrictions
United States v. Seeger	1965		Tom Clark	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Pointer v. Texas	1965		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	Sixth Amendment
United Mine Workers v. Pennington	1965		Byron White	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Freedman v. Maryland	1965		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Estes v. Texas	1965		Tom C. Clark	Earl Warren	Sixth Amendment
United States v. Johnson	1965		John M. Harlan II	Earl Warren	Article 1, Section 6	United States v. Johnson: The Constitutions Speech or Debate Clause Johnson v. the United States: ACCA Unconstitutionally Vague
Harman v. Forssenius	1965		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Griswold v. Connecticut	1965		William Douglas	Earl Warren	Substantive Due Process, Right to Privacy, Ninth Amendment	Griswold v. Connecticut Back in the Spotlight As Birth Control Debate Resurfaces
Reynolds v. Sims	1964		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Equal Protection	Reynolds v Sims: Due Process and Legislative Apportionment
Jacobellis v. Ohio	1964		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Hostetter v. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp.	1964		Potter Stewart	Earl Warren	Twenty-First Amendment , Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection
Wesberry v. Sanders	1964		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	Equal Protection
Malloy v. Hogan	1964		William J. Brennan, Jr.	Earl Warren	Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
New York Times v. Sullivan	1964		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment	New York Times v. Sullivan: Decision Still Shaping the First Amendment 50 Years Later
Brady v. Maryland	1963		William O. Douglass	Earl Warren	The Brady Rule	Brady v Maryland: Suppression of Evidence Violates Due Process
Gideon v. Wainwright	1963		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	Sixth Amendment Incorporation of the Bill of Rights	Gideon v. Wainwright: The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel
Abington School District v. Schempp	1963		Tom Clark	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Edwards v. South Carolina	1963		Potter Stewart	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Fergusun v. Skrupa	1963		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	Substantive Due Process
Sherbet v. Verner	1963		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
NAACP v. Button	1963		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Baker v. Carr	1962		William Brennan	Earl Warren	Justiciability, Political Question Doctrine, Substantive Due Process	Baker v. Carr: The Most Important Voting Rights Decision of the Twentieth Century
Engel v. Vitale	1962		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Robinson v. California	1962		Potter Stewart	Earl Warren	Eighth Amendment , Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
Noto v. United States	1961		John Harlan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
McGowan v. Maryland	1961		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Mapp v. Ohio	1961		Thomas C. Clark	Earl Warren	Fourth Amendment
Scales v. United States	1961		John Harlan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc	1961		Hugo Black	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority	1961		Thomas C. Clark	Earl Warren	Government Action
Mapp v. Ohio	1961		Tom C. Clark	Earl Warren	Fourth Amendment	Mapp v. Ohio
Gomillion v. Lightfoot	1960		Felix Frankfurter	Earl Warren	Fifteenth Amendment
Kent v. Dulles	1958		William Douglas	Earl Warren	The Fifth Amendment	Zemel v. Rusk: Supreme Court Upholds Travel Restrictions
NAACP v. Patterson	1958		John Harlan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Wiener v. United States	1958		Felix Frankfurter	Earl Warren	Article II, Section 2
Cooper v. Aaron	1958			Earl Warren
Reid v. Covert	1957		Hugo Black	Earl Warran	Article II, Section 2
Roth v. United States	1957		William Brennan	Earl Warren	First Amendment
Williamson v. Lee Optical	1955		William O. Douglas	Earl Warren	Fourteenth Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education	1954		Earl Warren	Earl Warren	Equal Protection	Brown v. Board of Education Marks 58th Anniversary, But Has Segregation Gone Away?
Berman v. Parker	1954		William O. Douglas	Earl Warren	Fifth Amendment
Poulous v. New Hampshire	1953		Stanley F. Reed	Fred M. Vinson	First Amendment
Youngstown Sheet & tube Co. v. Sawyer	1952		Hugo Black	Fred Vinson	Article II, Section 1	Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer: The President’s Executive Power
Zorach v. Clauson	1952		William Douglas	Fred Vinson	First Amendment
Stack v. Boyle	1951		Fred M. Vinson	Fred M. Vinson	Eighth Amendment
Dennis v. United States	1951		Fred M. Vinson	Fred M. Vinson	First Amendment
Dean Milk Co. v. Madison	1951		Tom C. Clark	Fred M. Vinson
Wolf v. Colorado	1949		Felix Frankfurter	Fred M. Vinson	Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
H.P. Hood & Sons v. DuMond	1949		Robert H. Jackson	Wiley B. Rutledge	The Commerce Clause
Toomer v. Witsell	1948		Frederick Vinson	Fred M. Vinson	Privileges and Immunities Clause
Shelley v. Kraemer	1948		Fred M. Vinson	Fred M. Vinson	Government Action
Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller	1948		William Douglas	Fred M. Vinson
McCollum v. Board of Education	1948		Hugo Black	Fred Vinson	First Amendment
Everson v. Board of Education	1947		Hugo Black	Fred M. Vinson	Incorporation of the Bill of Rights Establishment Clause
Adamson v. California	1947		Stanley F. Reed	Fred M. Vinson	Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
Everson v. Board of Education	1947		Hugo Black	Fred Vinson	First Amendment
Marsh v. Alabama	1946		Hugo Black	Harlan F. Stone	Government Action First Amendment
Colegrove v. Green	1946		Felix Frankfurter	Harlan F. Stone	Equal Protection
United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc.	1945		Hugo Black	Harlan Fiske Stone	Twenty-First Amendment
International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington	1945	A defendant must have minimum contacts with the forum state in order for the state to exercise personal jurisdiction over the defendant.	Harlan F. Stone	Harlan F. Stone	14th Amendment
Thomas v. Collins	1945		Wiley Rutledge	Harlan F. Stone	First Amendment
Prince v. Massachusetts	1944		Wiley Rutledge	Harlan Stone	First Amendment
Korematsu v. United States	1944		Hugo Black	Harlan F. Stone	Equal Protection	Korematsu v. United States: National Security Outweighs Individual Rights
United States v. Ballard	1944		William Douglas	Harlan Stone	First Amendment
Smith v. Allwright	1944		Stanley F. Reed	Harlan F. Stone	Government Action Seventeenth Amendment
Follett v. Town of McCormick	1944		William Douglas	Harlan Stone	First Amendment
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette	1943		Robert H. Jackson	Harlan F. Stone	First Amendment	West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
Galloway v. United States	1943		Wiley B. Rutledge	Harlan F. Stone	Seventh Amendment
Murdock v. Pennsylvania	1943		William Douglas	Harlan Stone	First Amendment
Skinner v. Oklahoma	1942		William O. Douglas	Harlan F. Stone	Substantive Due Process
Ex Parte Quirin	1942		Harlan F. Stone	Harlan F. Stone
Wickard v. Filburn	1942		Robert H. Jackson	Harlan F. Stone	The Commerce Clause
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire	1942		Frank Murphy	Harlan Stone	First Amendment
Valentine v. Chrestensen	1942		Owen Roberts	Harlan Stone	First Amendment
Cox v. New Hampshire	1941		Charles Hughes	Charles Hughes	First Amendment
United States v. Darby Lumber Co.	1941		Harlan F. Stone	Charles Evans Hughes	Tenth Amendment
Cantwell v. Connecticut	1940		Owen Roberts	Charles Hughes	First Amendment	Cantwell v. Connecticut: The Free Exercise of Religion
United States v. Miller	1939		James C. McReynolds	Charles Evans Hughes	Second Amendment	United States v. Miller: Which Side of the Gun Debate Does It Support?
United States v. Carolene Products Company	1938		Harlan F. Stone	Charles Evans Hughes		U.S. v. Carolene Products Company: The Importance of Footnotes
United States v. Carolene Products Co.	1938		Harlan F. Stone	Charles Evans Hughes	Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection
Mahoney v. Joseph Triner Corp.	1938		Louis Brandeis	Charles Evans Hughes	Twenty-First Amendment
Eerie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins	1938		Louis Brandeis			Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins Decision Established Modern Diversity Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Zerbst	1938		Hugo Black	Charles Evans Hughes	Sixth Amendment
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis	1937		Benjamin N. Cardozo	Charles Evans Hughes	Tenth Amendment
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.	1937		Charles Hughes	Charles Hughes	The Commerce Clause
Breedlove v. Suttles	1937		Pierce Butler	Charles Evans Hughes	Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Palko v. Connecticut	1937	The double jeopardy prohibition provision included in the Fifth Amendment is not applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.	Benjamin Cardozo	Charles Hughes	Fifth Amendment, 14th Amendment
De Jonge v. Oregon	1937		Charles Hughes	Charles Hughes	First Amendment	De Jonge v. Oregon: The Right to Peaceable Assemble
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish	1937		Charles Evans Hughes	Charles Evans Hughes	Substantive Due Process
State Board of Equalization v. Young's Market Company	1936				Twenty-first Amendment
United States v. Butler	1936		John Roberts	Charles Hughes	Tenth Amendment
Dimick v. Schiedt	1935		George Sutherland	Charles Evans Hughes	Seventh Amendment
Baldwin v. G.A.F. Seelig, Inc.	1935		Benjamin Cardozo	Charles Hughes	The Commerce Clause
Humphrey's Executor v. United States	1935		George Sutherland	Charles Hughes	Article II, Section 2
Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell	1934		Charles Evan Hughes	Charles Evans Hughes	Judicial Review
Nebbia v. New York	1934		Owen J. Roberts	Charles Evans Hughes	Substantive Due Process
Powell v. Alabama	1932		George Sutherland	Charles Evans Hughes	Sixth Amendment
Near v. Minnesota	1931		Charles Hughes	Charles Hughes	First Amendment
Patton v. United States	1930		George Sutherland	Charles Evans Hughes	Sixth Amendment
Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila	1929		Louis Brandeis	William Taft	First Amendment
Olmstead v. United States	1928		William H. Taft	William H. Taft	Fourth Amendment	Olmstead v. United States and the NSA Privacy Debate
Biddle v. Perovich	1927		Oliver Holmes	William H. Taft	Article II, Section 2
Buck v. Bell	1927		Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.	William H. Taft	Substantive Due Process
Whitney v. California	1927		Edward Sanford	William Taft	First Amendment
Myers v. United States	1926		William H. Taft	William H. Taft	Article II, Section 2
Ex Parte Grossman	1925		William H. Taft	William H. Taft	Article II, Section 2
Pierce v. Society of Sisters	1925		James C. McReynolds	William H. Taft	Substantive Due Process	Pierce v. Society of Sisters & the Rise of Substantive Due Process
Gitlow v. New York	1925		Edward Sanford	William Taft	First Amendment
Gitlow v. New York	1925		Edward T. Sanford	William H. Taft	Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
Meyer v. Nebraska	1923		James C. McReynolds	William H. Taft	Substantive Due Process
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon	1922		Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.	William H. Taft	Fifth Amendment
Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co.	1922		William H. Taft	William H. Taft	Substantive Due Process Commerce Clause
Leser v. Garnett	1922		Louis Brandeis	William H. Taft	Nineteenth Amendment
Dillon v. Gloss	1921		Willis Van Devanter	Edward D. White	Eighteenth Amendment
Hawke v. Smith	1920		William R. Day	Edward D. White	Eighteenth Amendment
Missouri v. Holland	1920		Oliver W. Holmes, Jr	Edward D. White	Tenth Amendment	Missouri v. Holland: Are All Laws Implementing Treaties Valid?Bond v. United States: Is Supreme Court Poised to Limit the Government’s Treaty Power?SOX Conviction for Violating Sarbanes-Oxley Act Overturned Abrams v. United States: The Dissent that Shaped Free Speech
Abrams v. United States	1919		Edward White	John Clarke	First Amendment
Arver v. United States	1918		Byron White	Edward D. White	Thirteenth Amendment
Hammer v. Dagenhart	1918		William R. Day	Edward D. White	Substantive Due Process Commerce Clause
Butler v. Perry	1916		James McReynolds	Edward D. White	Thirteenth Amendment
Hadachek v. Sebastian	1915		Joseph McKenna	Edward D. White	Fifth Amendment
Weeks v. United States	1914		William R. Day	Edward D. White	Fourth Amendment
Slocum v. New York Insurance Co.	1913				Seventh Amendment
Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. United States	1911		Edward White	Edward White	Sherman Anti-Trust Act	Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States
Weems v. United States	1910		Joseph McKenna	Edward White	Eighth Amendment
Ex parte Young	1908		Rufus W. Peckham	Melville Fuller	Eleventh Amendment
Adair v. United States	1908		John M. Harlan	Melville Fuller	Substantive Due Process
Lochner v. New York	1905		Rufus W. Peckham	Melville Fuller	Substantive Due Process
Jacobson v. Massachusetts	1905		John Harlan	Melvin Fuller	Tenth Amendment	Jacobson v. Massachusetts: The State's Authority to Issue Quarantines
Northern Securities Co. v. United States	1904		Harlan F. Stone	Melville Fuller	Amendment 21	Supreme Court Uphold Antitrust Act in Northern Securities Co. v. United States
Downes v. Bidwell	1901		Henry B. Brown	Melville Fuller	Article 1, Section 8	Downes v. Bidwell: Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?
Thompson v. Utah	1898		John Marshall Harlan II	Melville Fuller	Sixth Amendment
United States v. Wong Kim Ark	1898		Horace Gray	Melville Fuller	Birthright Citizenship
Allgeyer v. Louisana	1897		Rufus W. Peckham	Melville Fuller	Substantive Due Process
Plessy v. Ferguson	1896		Henry B. Brown	Melville Fuller	Thirteenth Amendment
In re Eugene v. Debs	1895		Josiah Brewer	Melville Fuller
Mugler v. Kansas	1887		John M. Harlan	Morrison Waite	Substantive Due Process
Yick Wo v. Hopkins	1886		T. Stanley Matthews	Morrison Waite	Equal Protection	Yick Wo v. Hopkins: Neutral Law and the Equal Protection Clause
Pace v. Alabama	1883		Stephen J. Field	Morrison Waite	Equal Protection
Strauder v. West Virginia	1880		William Strong	Morrison Waite	Equal Protection
Reynolds v. United States	1878		Morrison Waite	Morrison Waite	First Amendment
Pennoyer v. Neff	1878		Stephen J. Field	Morrison Waite	Due Process Clause	Pennoyer v. Neff Outlines Personal Jurisdiction Requirements
Walker v. Sauvinet	1876		Morrison Waite	Morrison Waite	Due Process Clause	Walker v. Sauvinet Limits Right To Civil Jury Trial To Federal Cases
Minor v. Happersett	1875		Morrison Waite	Morrison Waite	Nineteenth Amendment
United States v. Cruikshank	1875		Morrison Waite	Morrison Waite	Fourteenth Amendment	United States v. Cruikshank: Reconstruction & the Constitution
Watson v. Jones	1871		Samuel Miller	Salmon Chase	First Amendment
Knox v. Lee	1871		William Strong	Morrison Waite	Article 1, Section 10	Supreme Court Declares Greenbacks Legal in Knox v. Lee
Virginia v. West Virginia	1871		Samuel Miller	Salmon P. Chase	New States and Other Property
Texas v. White	1869		Salmon Chase	Salmon Chase		Texas v. White Holds Confederate States Never Left the Union
Ex Parte McCardle	1868		Salmon P. Chase	Salmon P. Chase	Article III
Ex Parte Milligan	1866		David Davis	Salmon Chase	Article II, Section 2
Ex Parte Garland	1866		Stephen Field	Salmon Chase	Article II, Section 2
Prize Cases	1862		Robert Grier	Roger Taney	Article II, Section 2
Kentucky v. Dennison	1860		Roger B. Taney	Roger B. Taney	Extradition Clause
Dred Scott v. Sandford	1857		Rodger B. Taney	Rodger B. Taney	Judicial Review, 14th Amendment	The Dred Scott Decision: Slavery and the U.S. Supreme Court
Cooley v. Board of Wardens	1852	When necessary, states may regulate interstate commerce, as long as such regulations do not conflict with federal law.	Benjamin R. Curtis	Roger B. Taney	The Commerce Clause	Cooley v. Board Of Wardens: States Not Excluded From Regulating Interstate Commerce
Strader v. Graham	1851		Roger B. Taney	Roger B. Taney		Strader v. Graham
Luther v. Bordon	1849		Rodger B. Taney	Rodger B. Taney	Guarantee Clause
Jones v. Van Zandt	1847		Levi Woodbury	Roger B. Taney	Article 4, Section 2	Jones v. Van Zandt: Supreme Court Tackles Constitutionality of Slavery
Swift v. Tyson	1842		Joseph Story	Roger B. Taney	Judiciary Act of 1789	Swift v. Tyson Authorizes Federal Courts to Create Federal "Common" Law
Commonwealth v. Hunt	1842	Held that a labor combination to raise wages is not inherently illegal.	Lemuel Shaw	Lemuel Shaw
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge	1837	Rights not specifically conferred by a charter cannot be inferred from the language of the document.	Roger B. Taney	Roger B. Taney	Article I
Barron v. Baltimore	1833		John Marshall	John Marshall	Incorporation of the Bill of Rights The Fifth Amendment
Barron ex rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore	1833		Justice John Marshall	Chief Justice John Marshall	Bill of Rights	Barron ex rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore: The Limits of the Bill of Rights
Worcester v. Georgia	1832	Only the United States, not the individual states, have the power to regulate or deal with Indian nations.	John Marshall	John Marshall	Article I	Worcester v. Georgia: Indian Sovereignty & the States
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia	1831	The court ruled that it lacked proper jurisdiction to review the claims of an Indian nation within the United States.	John Marshall	John Marshall	Article III	Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: the Rights of Indian Nations
Craig v. Missouri	1830		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article 1, Section 10	Craig v. Missouri Inhibits Prohibition of Bills of Credit Under Article 1
Willson v. Black Bird Creek Marsh Co.	1829		John Marshall	John Marshall	Dormant Commerce Clause	Willson v. Black Bird Creek Marsh Company: The Dormant Commerce Clause
Weston v. City Council of Charleston	1829		John Marshall	John Marshall	Judiciary Act of 1789	Weston v. City Council of Charleston: What is a "Suit"?
Brown v. Maryland	1827		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article 1, Section 10	Brown v. Maryland: Import Taxes on Foreign Goods
Martin v. Mott	1827		Joseph Story	John Marshall	Militia Clause	Martin v. Mott: the President's Power Under the Militia Clause
Ogden v. Saunders	1827		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article 1, Section 10	Ogden v. Saunders: the Contracts Clause
Wayman v. Southard	1825		John Marshall	John Marshall		Wayman v. Southard: the Limits of Non-Delegation
Osborn v. Bank of United States	1824		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article III	Osborn v Bank of the United States Clarifies Reach of Federal Jurisdiction
Gibbons v. Ogden	1824		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article I, Section 8, The Commerce Clause
Johnson v. M’Intosh	1823		John Marshall	John Marshall		Johnson v. M’Intosh: The Power to Grant Land
Johnson & Graham's Lessee v. M'Intosh	1823	Held that private citizens may not purchase land from Native Americans.	John Marshall	John Marshall
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward	1819	The legislature may not interfere with contracts between private parties, as the Contract Clause applies to private as well as public corporations.	John Marshall	John Marshall	Article I, Section 10	Dartmouth College v. Woodward: The Contracts Clause
Sturges v. Crowninshield	1819		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article 1, Section 8	Sturges v Crowninshield: Constitutionality of State Bankruptcy Laws
McCulloch v. Maryland	1819		John Marshall	John Marshall	Necessary and Proper Clause	Will the Arizona Immigration Case Reshape the Balance of Power Dating Back to McCulloch? McCulloch v. Maryland: The Necessary and Proper Clause
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee	1816		John Marshall	Joseph Story	Judicial Review	Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee: The Supreme Court’s Authority Over State Courts
United States v. Hudson	1812		William Johnson	John Marshall	Article 3, Section 2	United States v Hudson and Goodwin: Jurisdiction Over Criminal Matters
Fletcher v. Peck	1810		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article I, Section 10; Judicial Review
Bank of the United States v Deveaux	1809		John Marshall	John Marshall	Article 3, Section 2	Bank of the United States v Deveaux: The Citizenship of Corporations
Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy	1804			Chief Justice John Marshall		Charming Betsy and the Law of Nations
Stuart v. Laird	1803		William Paterson	John Marshall	Judiciary Act of 1801	Stuart v Laird Upholds Circuit Riding by Supreme Court Justices
Marbury v. Madison	1803		John Marshall	John Marshall	Judicial Review	Kansas v. Nebraska and Colorado: A Lesson in Original Jurisdiction
Talbot v. Seeman	1801			Chief Justice John Marshall		Talbot v. Seeman: The Power to Declare War
New York v. Connecticut	1799		Oliver Ellsworth	Oliver Ellsworth	Article III	New York v. Connecticut: Court’s First Exercise of Original Jurisdiction
Hollingsworth v. Virginia	1798	Held that the President has no formal role in amending the Constitution, and that the Eleventh Amendment governs both past and future cases.		Oliver Ellsworth	Article V	Hollingsworth v. Virginia: The President’s Role in Constitutional Amendments
Calder v. Bull	1798	The ex post facto clause does not apply to civil cases, but does apply to criminal.	Samuel Chase	Oliver Ellsworth	Article I, Section 10	Calder v. Bull: The Ex Post Facto Clause
Ware v. Hylton	1796		Samuel Chase	Oliver Ellsworth	Article VI	Ware v Hylton: Supreme Court Power to Invalidate State Laws
Talbot v. Jansen	1795	Case in which the Supreme Court established that Americans may hold dual citizenship.		John Rutledge
Hylton v. United States	1794		Samuel Chase	John Jay	Article 1, Section 2	Hylton v United States: Apportionment of Direct Taxes
Chisholm v. Georgia	1793		William Cushing	John Jay	Eleventh Amendment	Chisholm v. Georgia: State Sovereign Immunity Prior to the 11th Amendment
Hayburn's Case	1792	Federal courts, acting in their official capacity, may not be assigned non-judicial duties.		John Jay	Article III
Coventry Health v. Nevils	2017		Ruth Ginsberg	John Roberts		Coventry Health v. Nevils
Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami	2017		Stephen Breyer	John Roberts		Bank of America Corp v City of Miami: City of Miami is an Aggrieved Person Under the FHA
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.	2017		Stephen Breyer	John Roberts		Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne International
Lewis v. Clarke	2017		Sonia Sotomayor	John Roberts		Lewis v Clarke: Supreme Court Denies Sovereign Immunity for Tribal Employees
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger	2017		Elena Kagan	John Roberts		SCOTUS Clarifies District Court’s Ability to Sanction Bad-Faith Conduct

Constitutional Videos | Donald Scarinci

December 27, 2016

Thomas Jefferson & John Adams in “A Fly in My Soup”

Thomas Jefferson & John Adams sit down to enjoy food and drink at the Historic Fraunces Tavern in New York City. In this video, viewers get a glimpse of the stark differences in personality of two of our Nation’s Founding Fathers. The Fraunces Tavern was established in 1762 and is registered as a National Historic Landmark. The Fraunces Tavern Long Room is where George Washington said farewell to the officers of the Continental Army in December of 1783.

July 17, 2016

Griswold v. Connecticut Back in the Spotlight As Birth Control Debate Resurfaces

Donald Scarinci of Scarinci Hollenbeck a business law firm in New Jersey discusses Grisworld v. Connecticut.

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