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Marbury v. Madison
Marbury and several others were appointed at the end of Adams presidency but they never got fulfulled because Jefferson took office, so Marbury filed a lawsuit but it was overturned because it went against the constitution. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The US put a federal bank in Maryland and Maryland income taxed them a heck of a lot of money because the bank made a heck of a lot of money, so the cashier, James McCulloch, refused to pay the tax. In the end, the supreme court decided that you can't tax the federal government. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
The supreme court decided that New York can't choose who uses the river because it's for interstate commerce. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. His owners moved with him above the Missouri compromise, where he technically was free. He learned this when his owner moved back to the South so he filed a lawsuit. The supreme court said since he wasn't a citizen he couldn't even be in court. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Louisiana had a law that segregated races on train cars. Plessy, a man 7/8 white, was found on the whites only car and refused to go to the car for African Americans. The ruling was that separate but equal is okay. -
Schenck v. US
Schenck spread leaflets all over that told people not to fight in WW1. The supreme court ruled that freedom of speech is not protected if it creates clear and present danger. In the opinion, the famous saying, "shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater" -
Korematsu v. US
Right after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US decided to move all Japanese Americans to relocation camps for a short period. Korematsu, a Japanese American argued that it violated the 5th amendment. The court said it was constitutional because it was strategic and necessary. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Students in various parts of the country weren't being accepted into certain schools because of segregation. The supreme court decided that separate but equal was not fair because it actually wasn't equal. -
Mapp v. Ohio
Mapp's house was searched without a warrant, but the police found obscene material. The court decided that evidence found without a search warrent is inadmissable in court. -
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon was charged with a felony but wasn't given a lawyer. He later filed a lawsuit and the court decided that he had the right to a lawyer. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda was arrested by the police and was questioned. After two hours of interrogation, they obtained a written confession from him. Later, the court decided that law enforcement officials must inform their suspects of their rights. -
In re Gault
15 year old Gault was taken into custody for making obscene phone calls. The police did not inform his parents. The court decided that Gault wasn't treated constitutionally when sent to Juvie. -
Loving v. Virginia
A white man and an African American women got married in DC and shortly thereafter moved back to Virginia. They were charged with breaking Virginia's interracial marriage law. The court decided that Virginia's law violated the 14th amendment -
Tinker v. Des Moines Schools
A family in Des Moines protested the Vietnam war by wearing black armbands. But the school that the children went to suspended them for wearing the armbands. The court decided that the Tinkers were constitutional because they were protesting peacefully. -
Texas v. Johnson
In front of the dallas city hall, Johnson burned an American flag as means of protesting. He was arrested and fined $2000. The court decided that what Johnson did was constitutional because he was exercising his first amendment rights.