Historical

In Lemon v Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court held that state statutes that provided funding for non-public, non-secular schools violated the Establishment Cla...

In Griggs v Duke Power Co, 401 U.S. 424 (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court held that aptitude tests used by employers that disparately impact ethnic minority groups must be reasonab...

In In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court held juveniles, like adults, are constitutionally entitled to proof beyond a reasonable doubt when they are charge...

In Goldberg v Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court established Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process requirements for the denial of government benefits. The C...

In Shapiro v Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969), the U.S. Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to travel from one state to another. It further held that state laws that imp...

In In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), the U.S. Supreme Court held that juveniles facing delinquency prosecutions must be afforded the due process protected by the Fourteenth Amendm...

In Katz v United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), the U.S. Supreme Court held that warrantless wiretapping constituted a search under the Fourth Amendment, concluding that a physic...

In Sherbert v Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), the U.S. Supreme Court held that disqualifying a Seventh Day Adventist for unemployment compensation benefits, solely because of her re...

In Roth v US, 354 U.S. 476 (1957), the U.S. Supreme Court held that obscene speech was not protected under the U.S. Constitution. The decision also established a test to determin...

In International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945), the U.S. Supreme Court first established the minimum contacts test for determining whether a corporation is...