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Chisholm v. Georgia

Marbury v. Madison

McCulloch v. Maryland

Gibbons v Ogden

Prigg v. Pennsylvania

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Barron v. Baltimore

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Ex parte Merryman
John Merryman, a citizen of Maryland, was taken into military custody when Abraham Lincoln had suspended Habeas Corpus in the first month of the Civil War
Not a Supreme Court case. Chief Justice Taney heard the case in his role as a circuit court judge. Taney ruled in favor of Merryaman and issued a writ of habeas corpus. Merryman was held until July 13, 1861, when after being transferred to civilian custody and indicted for treason, he was released on bail.

Hepburn v. Griswold
Base Public HL Default Hepburn
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Bradwell v. Illinois

The Slaughter-House Cases

United States v. Cruikshank

Strauder v. West Virginia

The Civil Rights Cases

Yick Wo v. Hopkins

Hans v. State of Louisiana

United States v. E.C. Knight Co.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Champion v. Ames

Jacobson v. Massachusetts

Lochner v. New York

Muller v. Oregon

Buchanan v. Warley

Hammer v. Dagenhart

Abrams v. United States

Schenck v. United States

Debs v. United States

Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon

Adkins v. Children's Hospital

Meyer v. Nebraska

Pierce v. Society of Sisters

Gitlow v. People of the State of New York

Stromberg v. California

O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v Hartford Fire Insurance Company

Nebbia v. New York

Schlecter Poultry Corp. v. United States
Schlecter Poultry Default HL
Schlecter Poultry Default Pub Note

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish

NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
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United States v. Carolene Products

United States v. Darby

Wickard v. Filburn

Korematsu v. United States

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer

Brown v. Board of Education

Bolling v. Sharpe

Williamson v. Lee Optical

Cooper v. Aaron

Sherbert v. Verner

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Katzenbach v. McClung

New York Times Company v. Sullivan

Griswold v. Connecticut

Loving v. Virginia

United States v. O'Brien

Frontiero v. Richardson

Craig v. Boren

Buckley v. Valeo

Penn Central Transportation Company v. New York

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

Morrison v. Olson

Texas v. Johnson

Employment Division v. Smith

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul

New York v. United States

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah

United States v. Lopez

United States v. Virginia

Romer v. Evans

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida

South Dakota v. Dole

Printz v. United States

City of Boerne v. Flores

United States v. Flores

United States v. Morrison

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett

Lawrence v. Texas

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs

Gratz v. Bollinger

Gonzales v. Raich

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky

Van Orden v. Perry

Kelo v. City of New London

District of Columbia v. Heller

Boumediene v. Bush
A writ of habeas corpus made in a civilian court on behalf of a foreign citizen held in military detention
Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was held in military custody in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba beginning in January 2002. Rreleased on May 15, 200. Now lives in France.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

United States v. Stevens

Snyder v. Phelps

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association

NFIB v. Sebelius

United States v. Windsor

Fisher v. University of Texas I

NLRB v. Noel Canning

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores

Obergefell v. Hodges

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

Fisher v. University of Texas II

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