Landmark Cases

Texas v. Johnson

1988

Constitutional Issues: First Amendment; Free Speech; Symbolic Speech; Flag-Burning

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

1987

Constitutional Issues: First Amendment; Free Speech; Student Speech

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

1984

Constitutional Issues: 4th Amendment; Student Search

Regents of the University of CA v. Bakke

1977

Constitutional Issues: 14th Amendment; Affirmative Action

US v. Nixon

1973

Constitutional Issues: Presidential Power; Executive Privilege

Roe v. Wade

1972

Constitutional Issues: 14th Amendment; Privacy

Tinker v. Des Moines

1968

Constitutional Issues: First Amendment; Free Speech; Symbolic Speech; Student Speech

Miranda v. Arizona

1965

Constitutional Issues: Fifth Amendment; Self-Incrimination; Miranda Warning

Gideon v. Wainwright

1962

Constitutional Issue: Sixth Amendment; Right to Counsel

Mapp v. Ohio

1960

Constitutional Issues: Fourth Amendment; Exclusionary Rule

Brown v. Board of Education

1953

Constitutional Issues: Federalism; 14th Amendment

Korematsu v. United States

1943

Constitutional Issue: Presidential Powers

Plessy v. Ferguson

1895

Constitutional Issues: Federalism; 14th Amendment

Dred Scott v. Sandford

1856

Constitutional Issue: Citizenship

Gibbons v. Ogden

1823

Constitutional Issues: Federalism; Commerce Power

McCulloch v. Maryland

1818

Constitutional Issues: Federalism; National Supremacy

Marbury v. Madison

1803

Constitutional Issue: Judicial Review