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Supreme Court Archives
Alphabetical Listing of Decisions
(Landmark decisions)
- Abingdon School District v. Schempp [374 U.S. 203 (1963)]
- Warren Court; Topics: School Prayer, 1st Amendment, Religion
- Adair v. United States [208 U.S. 161 (1908)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Property Rights, Labor, Freedom of Contract
- Adkins v. Children's Hospital [261 U.S. 525 (1923)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Freedom of Contract, Property Rights, 5th Amendment
- Allegheny County v. ACLU [492 U.S. 573 (1989)]
- Rehnquist Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Allgeyer v. Louisiana [165 U.S. 578 (1897)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Freedom of Contract, Economic Freedom, Due Process
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority [297 U.S. 288 (1936)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Judicial Review, Commerce
- Baker v. Carr [369 U.S. 186 (1962)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Representation, Voting Rights, Judicial Review
- Barron v. City of Baltimore [32 U.S. 243 (1833)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: States Rights, 5th Amendment, National Unity
- Barrows v. Jackson [346 U.S. 249 (1953)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Bass v. Tingy [4 U.S. 37 (1800)]
- Ellsworth Court; Topics: Emergency Powers
- Batson v. Kentucky [476 U.S. 79 (1986)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Due Process
- Bernel v. Fainter [104 S.Ct. 2312 (1984) (1984)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Betts v. Brady [316 U.S. 455 (1942)]
- Stone Court; Topics: Rights of Accused, 6th Amendment, Due Process
- Board of Education v. Pico [457 U.S. 853 (1982)]
- Burger Court; Topics: 1st Amendment
- Bowers v. Hardwick [478 U.S. 186 (1986)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Gay Rights, Privacy, Morality
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale [530 U.S. 640 (2000)]
- Rehnquist Court; Topics: Gay Rights, Free Association, 1st Amendment
- Brandenburg v. Ohio [395 U.S. 444 (1969)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Free Speech, 1st Amendment
- Branzburg v. Hayes [408 U.S. 665 (1972)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Press Freedom, 1st Amendment, Rights of Accused
- Brown v. Board of Education [349 U.S. 294 (1955)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment, Education
- Brown v. Mississippi [297 U.S. 278 (1936)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Due Process, Rights of Accused, 14th Amendment
- Buck v. Bell [274 U.S. 200 (1927)]
- Taft Court; Topics:
- Buckley v. Valeo [424 U.S. 1 (1976)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Campaign Finance, Free Speech
- Calder v. Bull [3 U.S. 386 (1798)]
- Ellsworth Court; Topics: Governance
- Cantwell v. Connecticut [310 U.S. 296 (1940)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Carter v. Carter Coal Co. [298 U.S. 238 (1936)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Commerce, States' Rights
- Champion v. Ames [188 U.S. 321 (1903)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Commerce, States' Rights
- Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire [315 U.S. 568 (1942)]
- Stone Court; Topics: Free Speech, 1st Amendment
- Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge [36 U.S. 420 (1837)]
- Taney Court; Topics: States' Rights
- Cheatham v. United States. [1875 (1875)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Taxation
- Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minnesota [134 U.S. 418 (1890)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Property Rights, Due Process, 14th Amendment
- Civil Rights Cases [109 U.S. 3 (1883)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Cohen v. California [403 U.S. 15 (1971)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Free Speech, Obscenity, 1st Amendment
- Commonwealth v. Hunt [45 Mass 111 (1842)]
- Taney Court; Topics: Labor, Commerce
- Connelly v. General Construction Co. [269 U.S. 385 (1926)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Due Process
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia [53 U.S. 299 (1852)]
- Taney Court; Topics: States' Rights
- Craig v. Boren [429 U.S. 190 (1976)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Dartmouth College v. Woodward [17 U.S. 518 (1819)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: Freedom of Contract, Property Rights
- Dennis v. United States [341 U.S. 494 (1951)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Free Association, 1st Amendment
- Dr. Bonham's Case (British Courts) [1610 (1610)]
- Court; Topics:
- Duplex Printing Co. v. Deering [254 U.S. 443 (1921)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Commerce
- Engel v. Vitale [370 U.S. 421 (1962)]
- Warren Court; Topics: School Prayer, 1st Amendment, Religion
- Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc. [105 S.Ct. 2914 (1985) (1985)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Estes v. Texas [381 U.S. 532 (1965)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Rights of Accused, Due Process
- Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Twp. [330 U.S. 1 (1947)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment, Education
- Fletcher v. Peck [10 U.S. 87 (1810)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: Judicial Review
- Furman v. Georgia [408 U.S. 238 (1972)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Capital Punishment, 8th Amendment, Death Penalty
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority [469 U.S. 528 (1985)]
- Burger Court; Topics: States' Rights
- Gibbons v. Ogden [22 U.S. 1 (1824)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: Commerce
- Gideon v. Wainwright [372 U.S. 335 (1963)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Rights of Accused, 6th Amendment
- Goesaert v. Cleary [335 U.S. 464 (1948)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Gray v. Sanders [372 U.S. 368 (1963)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Voting Rights, Representation
- Gregg v. Georgia [428 U.S. 153 (1976)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Capital Punishment, 8th Amendment
- Griggs v. Duke Power [401 U.S. 424 (1971)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Griswold v. Connecticut [381 U.S. 479 (1965)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Privacy, Morality, 14th Amendment
- Grovey v. Townsend [295 U.S. 45 (1935)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Voting Rights, Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- H.L. v. Matheson [450 U.S. 398 (1981)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Abortion, 14th Amendment
- Hammer v. Dagenhart [247 U.S. 251 (1918)]
- White Court; Topics: Property Rights, 14th Amendment
- Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections [383 U.S. 663 (1966)]
- Warren Court; Topics: 24th Amendment
- Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff [467 U.S. 229 (1984)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Property Rights, 5th Amendment
- Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States [379 U.S. 241 (1964)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Civil Rights, Commerce
- Hepburn v. Griswold [75 U.S. 603 (1870)]
- Chase Court; Topics: Freedom of Contract, Property Rights
- Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining Association [1981 (1981)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Commerce, The Environment
- Holden v. Hardy [169 U.S. 366 (1898)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Property Rights, 14th Amendment
- Hoyt v. Florida [368 U.S. 57 (1961)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Hurtado v. California [110 U.S. 516 (1884)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Incorporation, 14th Amendment
- Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell [485 U.S. 46 (1988)]
- Rehnquist Court; Topics: Free Speech, 1st Amendment
- Hylton v. United States [3 U.S. 171 (1796)]
- Ellsworth Court; Topics: Taxation
- Illinois ex rel McCollum v. Board of Education [333 U.S. 203 (1948)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment, Education
- Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha [462 U.S. 919 (1983)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Governance
- In re. Kemmler [136 U.S. 436 (1890)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: 8th Amendment
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. [392 U.S. 409 (1968)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 13th Amendment
- Katzenbach v. Morgan [384 U.S. 641 (1966)]
- Warren Court; Topics: States' Rights, 14th Amendment
- Kelo v. City of New London [04-108 (2005)]
- Rehnquist Court; Topics: Property Rights, 5th Amendment
- Knapp v. Schweizer [1958 (1958)]
- Warren Court; Topics: States' Rights, 10th Amendment
- Knox v. Lee, Parker v. Davis [79 U.S. 457 (1871)]
- Chase Court; Topics: Property Rights
- Korematsu v. United States [323 U.S. 214 (1944)]
- Stone Court; Topics: Civil Rights
- Lemon v. Kurzman [403 U.S. 602 (1971)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Lochner v. New York [198 U.S. 45 (1905)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Property Rights, 14th Amendment
- Loewe v. Lawler [208 U.S. 274 (1908)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Commerce
- Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber [329 U.S. 459 (1947)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Capital Punishment, 8th Amendment
- Lynch v. Donnelly [465 U.S. 668 (1984)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Mapp v. Ohio [367 U.S. 643 (1961)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Rights of Accused, Search & Seizure, 4th Amendment
- Marbury v. Madison [5 U.S. 137 (1803)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: Judicial Review
- Marsh v. Chambers [463 U.S. 783 (1983)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- McCardle, Ex Parte [74 U.S. 506 (1869)]
- Chase Court; Topics: Rights of Accused
- McCulloch v. Maryland [17 U.S. 316 (1819)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: Commerce, Judicial Review
- Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson [477 U.S. 57 (1986)]
- Burger Court; Topics:
- Meyer v. Nebraska [262 U.S. 390 (1923)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Education, 14th Amendment
- Miller v. California [413 U.S. 15 (1973)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Obscenity, Free Speech, 1st Amendment
- Milligan, Ex Parte [71 U.S. 2 (1866)]
- Chase Court; Topics: Emergency Powers, Rights of Accused, civil
- Minor v. Happersett [88 U.S. 162 (1875)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Voting Rights
- Miranda v. Arizona [384 U.S. 436 (1966)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Rights of Accused, 5th Amendment
- Missouri v. Holland [252 U.S. 416 (1920)]
- White Court; Topics: Commerce
- Mueller v. Allen [463 U.S. 388 (1983)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Muller v. Oregon [208 U.S. 412 (1908)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Property Rights, 14th Amendment, Commerce
- Munn v. Illinois [94 U.S. 113 (1877)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Economic Freedom, Property Rights, 14th Amendment
- Murray's Lessee v. Hoboken Land and Improvement Co. [59 U.S. 272 (1856)]
- Taney Court; Topics: Property Rights, 5th Amendment
- NAACP v. Patterson [357 U.S. 449 (1958)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Free Association, 1st Amendment
- National League of Cities v. Usery [426 U.S. 833 (1976)]
- Burger Court; Topics: States' Rights, Commerce
- Near v. Minnesota [283 U.S. 697 (1931)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Prior Restraint, Free Press, 1st Amendment
- New Jersey v. TLO [105 S.Ct. 733 (1985)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Search & Seizure, 4th Amendment, 5th Amendment
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan [376 U.S. 254 (1964)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Prior Restraint, Free Press, 1st Amendment
- New York Times Co. v. United States [403 U.S. 713 (1971)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Prior Restraint, Free Press, 1st Amendment
- NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. [301 U.S. 1 (1937)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Commerce
- Olmstead v. United States [277 U.S. 438 (1928)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Search & Seizure, 4th Amendment
- Osborn v. Bank of the United States [22 U.S. 738 (1824)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: The Judiciary, States' Rights
- Palko v. Connecticut [302 U.S. 319 (1937)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Incorporation, 14th Amendment, 5th Amendment
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon [260 U.S. 393 (1922)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Property Rights, 5th Amendment
- Pierce v. Society of Sisters [268 U.S. 510 (1925)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Education, Religion, 1st Amendment
- Planned Parenhood of Central Missouri v. Danforth [428 U.S. 52 (1976)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Abortion, Privacy, 14th Amendment
- Plessy v. Ferguson [163 U.S. 537 (1896)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. [158 U.S. 601 (1895)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Taxation
- Pollock v. Williams [322 U.S. 4 (1944)]
- Stone Court; Topics: 13th Amendment
- Powell v. Alabama [287 U.S. 45 (1932)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Presser v. Illinois [116 U.S. 252 (1886)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Gun Rights, 2nd Amendment, 14th Amendment
- Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove [1981 (1981)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Gun Rights, 2nd Amendment
- Reynolds v. Sims [377 U.S. 533 (1964)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Representation, Voting Rights, 14th Amendment
- Reynolds v. United States [98 U.S. 145 (1879)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Roe v. Wade [410 U.S. 113 (1973)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Abortion, Privacy, Morality
- Roth v. United States [354 U.S. 476 (1957)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Obscenity, Free Speech, 1st Amendment
- Rummel v. Estelle [445 U.S. 263 (1980)]
- Burger Court; Topics: 8th Amendment
- Santa Clara Co. v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. [118 U.S. 394 (1886)]
- Waite Court; Topics: 14th Amendment, Property Rights
- Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States [295 U.S. 495 (1935)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Emergency Powers, Commerce
- Schenck v. United States [249 U.S. 47 (1919)]
- White Court; Topics: Free Speech, 1st Amendment, Emergency Powers
- Scott v. Sandford [60 U.S. 393 (1857)]
- Taney Court; Topics: Civil Rights, Judicial Review
- Selective Draft Law Cases [245 U.S. 366 (1918)]
- White Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- Shelly v. Kraemer [334 U.S. 1 (1948)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- Skinner v. Oklahoma [316 U.S. 535 (1942)]
- Stone Court; Topics: 14th Amendment
- Slaughterhouse Cases [83 U.S. 36 (1873)]
- Chase Court; Topics: 14th Amendment, States' Rights, Property Rights
- Smith v. Allwright [321 U.S. 649 (1944)]
- Stone Court; Topics: Voting Rights, Civil Rights, 15th Amendment
- Solem v. Helm [463 U.S. 277 (1983)]
- Burger Court; Topics: 8th Amendment
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach [383 U.S. 301 (1966)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Voting Rights, 15th Amendment, 14th Amendment
- Southern Railway Co. v. United States [222 U.S. 20 (1911)]
- White Court; Topics: 14th Amendment, Property Rights
- Springer v. United States [102 U.S. 586 (1881)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Taxation
- Standard Oil v. United States [221 U.S. 1 (1911)]
- White Court; Topics: Commerce
- Street v. New York [394 U.S. 576 (1969)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Free Speech, 1st Amendment
- Texas v. Johnson [ (1989)]
- Rehnquist Court; Topics: 1st Amendment
- Tinker v. Des Moines [393 U.S. 503 (1969)]
- Warren Court; Topics: 1st Amendment, Free Speech, 14th Amendment
- Truax v. Corrigan [257 U.S. 312 (1921)]
- Taft Court; Topics: Labor, Property Rights
- TWA v. Hardison [432 U.S. 63 (1977)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion
- United States v. American Tobacco Co. [221 U.S. 126 (1911)]
- White Court; Topics: Commerce
- United States v. Brown [381 U.S. 437 (1966)]
- Warren Court; Topics:
- United States v. Butler [297 U.S. 1 (1936)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Taxation
- United States v. Carolene Products [304 U.S. 145 (1938)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Judicial Review
- United States v. Cruikshank [92 U.S. 542 (1876)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Voting Rights, Civil Rights, 14th Amendment
- United States v. E.C. Knight Co. [156 U.S. 1 (1895)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Commerce
- United States v. Lee [455 U.S. 252 (1982)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, Taxation
- United States v. Miller [307 U.S. 174 (1939)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: Gun Rights, 2nd Amendment
- United States v. Nixon [418 U.S. 683 (1974)]
- Burger Court; Topics:
- United States v. Peters [9 U.S. 115 (1809)]
- Marshall Court; Topics: The Judiciary, States' Rights
- United States v. Seeger [380 U.S. 164 (1965)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment
- United States v. Sprague [ (1936)]
- Hughes Court; Topics: States' Rights
- United States v. Wong Kim Ark [169 U.S. 649 (1898)]
- Fuller Court; Topics: Citizenship, 14th Amendment
- United Steel Workers of America v. Weber [443 U.S. 193 (1979)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights
- University of California v. Bakke [438 U.S. 265 (1978)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Equality
- Wallace v. Jaffree [472 U.S. 38 (1985)]
- Burger Court; Topics: School Prayer, 1st Amendment, Religion
- Walz v. Tax Commission [397 U.S. 664 (1970)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, Taxation
- Washington State v. Glucksberg [521 U.S. 702 (1997)]
- Rehnquist Court; Topics: Right to Die
- Watkins v. United States [354 U.S. 178 (1957)]
- Warren Court; Topics:
- Weeks v. United States [232 U.S. 383 (1914)]
- White Court; Topics: Rights of Accused, 4th Amendment
- Wesberry v. Sanders [376 U.S. 1 (1964)]
- Warren Court; Topics: Representation
- West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette [319 U.S. 624 (1943)]
- Stone Court; Topics: Religion, 1st Amendment, National Unity
- Wickard v. Filburn [317 U.S. 111 (1942)]
- Stone Court; Topics: Economic Freedom, Commerce
- Widmar v. Vincent [454 U.S. 263 (1981)]
- Burger Court; Topics: School Prayer, 1st Amendment, Religion
- Wilkerson v. Utah [99 U.S. 134 (1879)]
- Waite Court; Topics: Capital Punishment, 8th Amendment
- Wisconsin v. Yoder [406 U.S. 205 (1972)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Religion, Education
- Wolf v. Colorado [338 U.S. 25 (1949)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Search & Seizure, 4th Amendment, Incorporation
- Woodson v. North Carolina [428 U.S. 280 (1976)]
- Burger Court; Topics: Capital Punishment, 8th Amendment
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer [343 U.S. 579 (1952)]
- Vinson Court; Topics: Emergency Powers, Property Rights
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