Famous Court Cases Flashcards
Marbury v Madison
Who: William Marbury and James Madison
Marbury v Madison
What: The court case was about Marbury wanting his judge job after Jefferson told Madison to hold commissions, which was declared unconstitutional.
Marbury v Madison
When: Argued February 11, 1803. Decided Feb 24, 1803
Marbury v Madison
Where: The White House in Washington DC is where this trial took place.
Marbury v Madison
Why: This case is significant because it was declared unconstitutional, which established the principle of judicial review.
Marbury v Madison
What: Technically there was no Supreme Court ruling, although they said it was wrong of Jefferson and Madison to prevent Marbury from his justice job.\
Dred Scott v Sanford
Who Dred Scott John Sanford
Dred Scott v Sanford
What The case was about a slave (scott) trying to be free in a free state(Missouri)
Dred Scott v Sanford
When March,6 1857
Dred Scott v Sanford
Where Started in Missouri and ended at the supreme court
Dred Scott v Sanford
Why Proved slaves aren’t really free
Dred Scott v Sanford
What Scott won 7-2
Plessy v Ferguson
Who Southerners, Homer Adolph Plessy, John H. Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson
What Law in the railways that stated that colored people had to have seperate cars to ride in on the trains.
Plessy v Ferguson
When June 7th 1892
Plessy v Ferguson
Where Plessy bought a train ticket from New Orleans to Covington, Louisiana.
Plessy v Ferguson
Why This case helped with cases to come in the future. It also showed our view on colored people in this time period.
Plessy v Ferguson
What The Supreme court voted no and that the 14th amendment applied only to political and civil rights and not to social rights. 7-1. 1 ostaining
Korematsu v United States
Who-Fred Korematsu
Korematsu v United States
What-Was the military’s exclusion order justified? The court disagreed.They put forth their position that the order should have been considered as a whole, and the Court should have considered other orders, all of which, when considered together resulted in the imprisonment of U.S. citizens in what were essentially concentration camps, based only on their race.
Korematsu v United States
Why-They showed that the government’s legal team had intentionally suppressed or destroyed evidence from government intelligence agencies reporting that Japanese Americans posed no military threat to the U.S.
Korematsu v United States
Where-On May 30, 1942, about six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the FBI arrested California(Oakland) Korematsu for failure to report to a relocation center.
Korematsu v United States
When-December 18, 1944
Korematsu v United States
What- Having violated an exclusion order requiring him to submit to forced relocation during World War II.
Brown v Board of Education
Who Linda Brown, Oliver Brown, Thurgood Marshall, Earl Warren. There were also 4 judges that were in the case and left during it.
Brown v Board of Education
What The Justice wanted the case to end with a unanimous vote and he rewrote the summation more than one time to have the full vote and it ended with a full vote saying separate is not equal.
Brown v Board of Education
Why The case helped to end segregation in public schooling. It helped to show that “separate but equal” was not equal.
Brown v Board of Education
Where This case was based in Topeka, KS then once the case was brought up it went to the Supreme court.
Brown v Board of Education
When Arrived at Supreme Court 1952. Verdict delivered May 1954. Trial took a total of 2 years.
Brown v Board of Education
What This case was started because Oliver Brown’s daughter Linda Brown had to go to a school 2 miles away rather than one a couple blocks away just because of the color of her skin.
Gideon v Wainwright
Who: Clarence Earl Gideon was the defendant.Louie L. Wainwright was the connections director. Earl Warren was the Chief Justice