Cases 2 Flashcards
Dredd Scott V Sandford
1856
Slaves don’t have right to sue, Missouri compromise not OK
Walmart V Dukes
2010
Walmart class action suit to big to be legal
The Civil Rights Cases
1882
Civil rights=nope, 14th only limits governments, not individuals or organizations
Plessy V Ferguson
1895
Separate but equal = OK
Muller V Oregon
1907
Women limited to 10 hours = OK
Gaines V Canada
1938
Missouri must provide in-state education to blacks
Sweatt V Painter
1949
Texas law school one black student=not OK
Brown V Board
1952
Separate but equal=never equal
Brown V Board II
1954
All deliberate speed in enacting Brown 1
Cooper V Aaron
1957
Arkansas denying Brown V board=not OK
Swann V Charlotte-Mecklenburg
1970
Courts can remedy state-imposed segregation
Roe V Wade
1971
Abortion OK by trimester (right to privacy)
Korematsu V US
1944
Japanese exclusion from secure positions = OK
Reed V Reed
1971
Males can’t be preferred to females
Craig V Boren
1976
Age difference in drinking laws for men and women=not OK