Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
The decision stems from the yazoo land cases, 1803, and upholds the sanctity of contracts
Fletcher v. Peck
1810 Marshall
Court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws, the principle is known as judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
Marshall 1803
The court ruled that states cannot text the federal government example the bank of the United States the phrase the power to tax is the power to destroy confirmed constitutionality of the bank of United States
McCulloch V Maryland
1819 Marshall
New Hampshire had attempted to take over Dartmouth college by revising its colonial charger the court ruled that the charger was protected under the contract clause of the United States Constitution upholds sanctity of contracts
Dartmouth college the Woodward
1819 Marshall
Clarified the commerce clause and affirm congressional power over interstate
Gibbons v Ogden
1824 Marshall
The conditions of the Indians in relation to the United States is perhaps unlike that of any two people in existence chief justice John Marshall wrote the relation to the United States resembles that of award to his guardian they were domestic dependent nation established a trust relationship with the tribes direct federal authority
Cherokee nation v Georgia
1831 Marshall
Establish tribal autonomy within their boundaries example tribes were distinct political communities having territorial boundaries within their authority is exclusive
Worcester v Georgia
1832 Marshall
Speaking Fayerweather Divided Court, Chief Justice Taney ruled that Dred Scott was noncitizen and had no standing in court Scott’s residence in a free state and territory have not made in three since he returned to Missouri Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in a territory based on the Fifth Amendment right of the person to be secure from seizure of property that’s avoiding the Missouri compromise of 1820
Scott v Sanford
1857 Taney
Will that a civilian cannot be tried in military courts while civil courts are available
EX parte Milligan
1866
A single decision on a group of cases with similar legal problems legalize segregation with regard to private property
Civil rights cases of 1883
Legalize segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of separate but equal
Plessy V Ferguson
1896
Confirm the right of the federal government to place tariffs on good entering the US from US territories on the grounds that the Constitution does not follow the flag
Insular cases downes v. Bidwell 1901
Reestablish the authority of the federal government to fight monopolies under the Sherman antitrust act
Northern securities Company v US
1904
Declared unconstitutional and New York act limiting the working hours of Baker’s due to a denial of the 14th amendment right
Lochner v. New York
1905
First case to use the brandeis brief recognize a 10 hour workday for women laundry workers on the grounds of health and community concerns
Muller v Oregon
1908
Unanimously upheld the espionage act of 1917 which declared that people who interfered with the war effort were subject to imprisonment declared that the first amendment right to freedom of speech was not absolute free-speech could be limited if its exercise presented a clear and present danger
Schenk v. US
1919
Celeste called the sick chicken case unanimously declared national industrial recovery act unconstitutional on three grounds that the act delegated legislative power the executive that there is a lack of constitutional authority for such legislation that it’s sought to regulate businesses that were wholly interstate in character
Schechter v. US 1936
The court upheld the constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II
Korematsu v. US 1941
Court forbade the internment of Japanese-Americans born in the US
Ex parte endo 1944
Unanimous decision declaring separate but equal unconstitutional
Brown V Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
1954 Warren
Extends to the defendant the right of council and all state and federal criminal trials regardless of their ability to pay
Gideon V Wainwright 1963
Ruled that the defendants must be allowed access to a lawyer before questioning by police
Escobedo v. Illinois
1964
Court rules but those subjected to in custody interrogation be advised of their constitutional right to an attorney and Their right to remain silent
Miranda v. Arizona 1966
Course legalized abortion by ruling that State laws could not restricted during the first three months of pregnancy based on the fourth amendment rights of a person to be secure in their persons
Roe V Wade 1973
Course rejected Richard Nixon’s claim to absolutely unqualified privilege against any judicial processes
US V Richard Nixon 1974
Ambiguous ruling by badly devised court that dealt with affirmative action programs that use race as the basis of selecting participants. The court general affirmative upheld the action but with a 4/4/1 split. very weak decision
Bakke v. Regents of the University of California 1978
