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Warren court decisions
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Baker v. Carr
The Baker V. Carr was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that retreated from the Court's political question doctrine. -
Mapp V. Ohio
Mapp v. Ohio was a landmark case in criminal procedure, in which the United States Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures," may not be used in state law criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well, as had previously been the law, as in federal criminal law prosecutions in federal courts -
Abington School district V. Schempp
The Abington case began when Edward Schempp, a Unitarian Universalist and a resident of Abington Township, Pennsylvania, filed suit against the Abington School District in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to prohibit the enforcement of a Pennsylvania state law that required his children, specifically Ellory Schempp, to hear and sometimes read portions of the Bible as part of their public school education. -
Heart of Atlanta Motel V. U.S
Heart of Atlanta Motel V. U.S was a Supreme Court case that upheld the Civil Rights A, and forbid discrimination in housing based on race. -
Reynolds V. Sims
In Reynolds v. Sims the Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that the legislative districts across states be equal in population. -
Loving V. Virginia
Loving V.Virginia case was brought by Mildred Loving, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, who had been sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other
