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Supreme Court Cases
U.S. Supreme Court Cases dating from 1803 to 1978
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History
11th Grade
05/04/2009

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Marbury v. Madison
Definition
Established the court's right to judicial review and the idea of balance of powers.
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Fletcher v. Peck
Definition
A state cannot arbitrarily interfere with a person's property rights. (Peck had tried to sell Fletcher land that did not legally belong to him)
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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The state of New Hampshire did not have the power to change the college from private to public. It freed corporations from the states which created them
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Upheld the power of Congress to charter a bank as a government agency, and denied the state the power to tax that agency.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Ruled that only the fed. gov. has authority over interstate commerce
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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Ruled that Indians were "dependent domestic nations" that could be regulated by the fed. gov.
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Worcester v. Georgia
Definition
Tribes had exclusive authority within their own boundaries, but President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling
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Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
Definition
The CRB company protested when the WB company was authorized to build a free bridge where it already had a toll bridge. Court ruled that the WB company had the right to be there.
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Commonwealth v. Hunt
Definition
Strikes for a closed shop are legal. Unions not responsible for illegal acts of members
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Ruled that the Missouri slave could not sue for his freedom because he was not a citizen, he was property
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Ex Parte Milligan
Definition
ruled that military trials of civilians were illegal unless the civil courts are inoperative or the region is under martial law
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Munn v. Illinois
Definition
State had the power to regulate business. Interstate Commerce Commision could regulate prices
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Wabash v. Illinois
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states can control trade in their own states, but cannot control railroads coming through them. Only Congress can.
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E.C. Knight Company case
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E.C. Knight company's monopoly on sugar was legal. The company could not be controlled by the government.
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In Re Debs
Definition
Found Eugene Debs guilty for organizing the Pullman Strike
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Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Company
Definition
called for passage of 16th Amendment, (taxation of income)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Definition
established the idea of seperate but equal facilities
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Muller v. Oregon
Definition
gave women special protection in the workplace
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital
Definition
overturned Muller v. Oregon. Hospital fired employees because it did not want to pay them the minimum wage required for women
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Schecter Poultry Corp. v. US
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declared NIRA unconstitutional
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Butler case
Definition
declared AAA unconstitutional
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NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp.
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upheld the Wagner Act, ensuring the right to unionize
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Brown v. Board of Educ of Topeka, Kansas
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overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared segregation unconstitutional
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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defendents criminal cases are entitled to legal counsel, even if they can't afford it
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Miranda v. Arizona
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police officers must inform persons they arrest of their rights: right to remain silent, right to counsel during interrogation, etc.
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Roe v. Wade
Definition
A state may not prevent a woman from having an abortion during the first 3 months of pregnancy
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Bakke v. Board of Regents, U. of California at Davis
Definition
Barred colleges from admitting students solely on the basis of race, but race could still be ONE of the considerations
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