Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
Dred Scott v. Sandford
People of African decnet that slaves or were slaves cannot be United States citizens
Slavery cannot be outlawed in western terriroties
Plessy v. Ferguson
Segregated facilities are unconstitutional
Smith v. Allwright
Primary elections open to all voters
Korematsu v. United States
American citizens of Japanese descent can be interned and deprived of their constitutional rights
Morgan v. Virginia
(1946)
law that enforces segregation on interstate buses is unconstitutional
Shelley v. Kraemer
(1948)
Courts may not enforce racial covenants on real estate
Henderson v. United States
1950
Unlawful for a railroad that engages in interstate commerce subject to any undue prejudice
Brown v. Board of Education
1954
Segregated schools are unconstitutional because they violate the Equal Protection Clause
Bolling v. Sharpe
1954
Segregated schools in District of Columbia violate 5th amendment
Sarah Keys v Carolina Coach Company
1955
Bans segregation on buses traveling across state lines
Browder v. Gayle
1956
Bus segregation under the Equal Protection Clause
Gomillion v Lightfood
1960
Electoral district boundaries drawn only to disenfranchise blacks violate the 15th amendment
Boynton v. Virginia
1960
Racial segregation in all forms of public transport is illegal
Garner v Lousiana
1961
Peaceful sit-in demonstrations protesting segregationist polices cannot be arrested under a state’s disturbing the peace laws
Loving v. Virginia
1967
Laws that prohibit interracial marriage are prohibited
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co
1968
Federal government may prohibit discrimination in housing by private parties
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
1971
Busing of students to promote racial integration in public schoos is constitutional
Gates v. Collier
1974
End of trusty system and inmate abuse at Mississippi State Pen.
Abolished racial segregation in Prisons
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
1978
Race-based set-asides in educational opportunities violate the Equal protection Clause
Batson v Kentucky
1986
Prosecutors may not use prempetory challenges to dismiss jurors based on their race
Adarand Construction Inc v. Pena
1995
Race based discrimination including discriminaitn in favor of minorities must pass strict scrutiny
Grutter v. Bollinger
Narrow tailored use of race in student admission decisions may be permissible under Equal Protection Clase
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend affirmative Action
2014
bans on affirmation action do not violate the Equal protection clause
