List of United States Supreme Court cases
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This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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1790–1819
- Chisholm v. Georgia, Template:Ussc: first “major” case; federal jurisdiction over suits vs. states; state sovereign immunity
- Hylton v. United States, Template:Ussc: tax on carriages
- Marbury v. Madison, Template:Ussc: judicial review of laws enacted by Congress
- Stuart v. Laird, Template:Ussc: enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office
- Ex Parte Bollman, Template:Ussc: habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court’s power to issue writs to circuit courts
- Fletcher v. Peck, Template:Ussc: property rights
- Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, Template:Ussc: Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments
- McCulloch v. Maryland, Template:Ussc: doctrine of implied powers
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Template:Ussc: impairment of contracts
1820–1839
- Cohens v. Virginia, Template:Ussc: judicial review of state supreme court decisions
- Johnson v. M'Intosh, Template:Ussc: inability of Native Americans to own land
- Gibbons v. Ogden, Template:Ussc: Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce
- Ogden v. Saunders, Template:Ussc: state bankruptcy law
- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, Template:Ussc: Indian nations as foreign states
- Worcester v. Georgia, Template:Ussc: Indian removal
- Barron v. Baltimore, Template:Ussc: reach of the Bill of Rights
- Wheaton v. Peters, Template:Ussc: copyright perpetuity; common law copyright
1840–1859
- The Amistad, Template:Ussc: slave trade and slave ownership
- Prigg v. Pennsylvania, Template:Ussc: runaway slaves
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens, Template:Ussc: pilotage laws
- Dred Scott v. Sandford, Template:Ussc: slavery, citizenship
1860–1879
- Prize Cases, Template:Ussc: presidential powers in wartime
- Ex Parte Milligan, Template:Ussc: habeas corpus, military tribunals
- Ex Parte Garland, Template:Ussc: retroactive civil disability for former Confederate officers
- Ex Parte McCardle, Template:Ussc: congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction
- Texas v. White, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of state secession
- United States v. Klein, Template:Ussc: separation of powers
- Slaughterhouse Cases, Template:Ussc: freedom of employment
- Bradwell v. State of Illinois, Template:Ussc: equal protection, exclusion of women from employment
- Minor v. Happersett, Template:Ussc: Fourteenth Amendment and the right to vote
- Totten v. United States, Template:Ussc: jurisdiction over espionage agreements
- United States v. Cruikshank, Template:Ussc: application of the First and Second Amendments to the states
- Munn v. Illinois, Template:Ussc: corporations and agricultural regulation
- Pennoyer v. Neff, Template:Ussc: bases of personal jurisdiction over defendants
- Reynolds v. United States, Template:Ussc: polygamy and freedom of religion
- Baker v. Selden, Template:Ussc: copyright
1880–1899
- Strauder v. West Virginia, Template:Ussc: exclusion of blacks from juries
- Civil Rights Cases, Template:Ussc: power of federal government to prohibit racial discrimination by private parties
- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, Template:Ussc: copyrightability of photographs
- Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, Template:Ussc: corporate personhood
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois, Template:Ussc: regulation of interstate commerce by individual states, creation of ICC
- Dent v. West Virginia, Template:Ussc: state licensing of doctors
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota, Template:Ussc: states and railway fees
- Nix v. Hedden, Template:Ussc: status of the tomato as fruit or vegetable
- United States v. E. C. Knight Co., Template:Ussc: antitrust action; “Sugar Trust Case”
- Coffin v. United States, Template:Ussc: the presumption of innocence
- In re Debs, Template:Ussc: strikes and interstate commerce
- Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., Template:Ussc: income tax and tariffs
- Plessy v. Ferguson, Template:Ussc: segregation; “separate but equal”
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association, Template:Ussc: railroads and rate fixing
- Holden v. Hardy, Template:Ussc: working hours of miners
- United States v. Wong Kim Ark, Template:Ussc: citizenship and race
- Hawker v. New York, Template:Ussc: character and doctor’s licenses
- Williams v. Mississippi, Template:Ussc: literacy tests
- Malony v. Adsit, Template:Ussc: property issues
- Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, Template:Ussc: segregation in public schools
1900–1909
- Marks v. Shoup, Template:Ussc: Property issues
- Insular Cases, (numerous) constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines
- DeLima v. Bidwell, Template:Ussc:
- Goetze v. United States, Template:Ussc:
- Armstrong v. United States, Template:Ussc:
- Downes v. Bidwell, Template:Ussc:
- Huus v. New York & Porto Rico S.S. Co., Template:Ussc:
- Dooley v. United States, Template:Ussc:
- Fourteen Diamond Rings v. United States, Template:Ussc:
- Champion v. Ames, Template:Ussc: Congressional Commerce Clause regulation of lottery tickets
- Hawaii v. Manikichi, Template:Ussc: sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
- Kepner v. United States, Template:Ussc: sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
- Dorr v. United States, Template:Ussc: sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
- Gonzales v. Williams, Template:Ussc: Puerto Ricans and illegal aliens
- Rasmussen v. United States, Template:Ussc: sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
- Lochner v. New York, Template:Ussc: freedom of contract, substantive due process
- Hale v. Henkel, Template:Ussc: witness testimony in antitrust cases
- Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. v. Riggs, Template:Ussc:
- United States v. Shipp, Template:Ussc: Only criminal trial in the court's history. Lynching.
- Adair v. United States, Template:Ussc: "Yellow Dog contract"
- Muller v. Oregon, Template:Ussc: protective labor laws, protection of women
- Bobbs-Merrill Co v. Straus, Template:Ussc: extension of the rights of copyright holder by use of licenses
- Berea College v. Kentucky, Template:Ussc: state laws and segregation of educational facilities
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley, Template:Ussc: federal question jurisdiction
1910–1919
- Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, Template:Ussc: dissolving interstate monopolies
- United States v. Grimaud, Template:Ussc: control of forest reserves
- Dowdell v. United States, Template:Ussc: sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
- Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell, Template:Ussc: extensions of patents by use of licenses, rights of copyright holder regarding “use” of copyrighted works
- Ocampo v. United States, Template:Ussc: sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
- Guinn v. United States, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of Oklahoma's "grandfather law" used to disenfranchise African-American voters
- Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization, Template:Ussc: denial of due process procedural protections for legislative and rulemaking acts, as opposed to adjudicatory proceedings
- Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad (1916):
- Buchanan v. Warley, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of local ordinance compelling racial segregation of residential housing
- Hammer v. Dagenhart, Template:Ussc: Congressional power to regulate child labor under the Commerce Clause
- International News Service v. Associated Press, Template:Ussc: property rights in news
- Schenck v. United States, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater”
- Abrams v. United States, Template:Ussc: validity of criminalizing criticism of the government
1920–1929
- Missouri v. Holland, Template:Ussc: states’ rights
- Balzac v. Porto Rico, Template:Ussc:, sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
- Federal Baseball Club v. National League, Template:Ussc:, baseball and antitrust regulation
- Moore v. Dempsey, Template:Ussc: mob-dominated trials, federal writ of habeas corpus, due process
- Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, Template:Ussc: freedom of contract, minimum wage laws
- Meyer v. Nebraska, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of law prohibiting teaching of foreign languages; substantive due process
- United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels (More or Less) Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar, Template:Ussc: legality of misleading but factually accurate packaging statements under the Food and Drug Act
- Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Template:Ussc: privacy
- Gitlow v. New York, Template:Ussc: prosecution of seditious speech
- Myers v. United States, Template:Ussc:
- Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co., Template:Ussc: zoning, due process
- Buck v. Bell, Template:Ussc: compulsory sterilization, eugenics
- Whitney v. California, Template:Ussc: prosecution of criminal syndicalism
- Gong Lum v. Rice, Template:Ussc: admission of Chinese girl to school for White children in Mississippi
- Olmstead v. United States, Template:Ussc: admissibility of illegally-obtained phone wiretaps as evidence
1930–1939
- United States v. Sprague Template:Ussc: Tenth Amendment
- Stromberg v. California, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of California red flag-banning statute, freedom of symbolic speech
- Near v. Minnesota, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech, prior restraints
- New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, Template:Ussc:
- Powell v. Alabama, Template:Ussc:
- Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, Template:Ussc: delegation of authority, New Deal
- Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, Template:Ussc: interstate commerce, New Deal
- DeJonge v. Oregon, Template:Ussc: 14th Amendment applied to freedom of assembly
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, Template:Ussc: freedom of contract, minimum wage laws; “the switch in time that saved nine”
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Template:Ussc: interstate commerce; another consequence of “the switch in time that saved nine”
- Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson, Template:Ussc:
- Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, Template:Ussc: existence of general federal common law
- United States v. Carolene Products Co., Template:Ussc: interstate commerce, substantive due process, and (in footnote four) equal protection
- United States v. Miller, Template:Ussc: Second Amendment, right to bear arms
- Coleman v. Miller, Template:Ussc: length of time proposed Constitutional amendments remain pending
1940–1949
- Chambers v. Florida, Template:Ussc:
- Cox v. New Hampshire, Template:Ussc: petitions on public property
- United States v. Darby, Template:Ussc: power of Congress to regulate employment conditions; Commerce Clause
- Edwards v. California, Template:Ussc: Commerce Clause
- Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, Template:Ussc: fighting words
- Betts v. Brady, Template:Ussc:
- Skinner v. Oklahoma, Template:Ussc: compulsory sterilization, eugenics
- Wickard v. Filburn, Template:Ussc: Commerce Clause
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Template:Ussc: First Amendment, establishment of religion (Pledge of Allegiance)
- Hirabayashi v. United States, Template:Ussc: curfews against members of a minority group during a war with their country of origin
- Smith v. Allwright, Template:Ussc: voting rights, segregation
- United States v. Ballard, Template:Ussc: religious fraud
- Korematsu v. United States, Template:Ussc: Japanese Internment camps
- International Shoe Co. v. Washington, Template:Ussc: personal jurisdiction of states over corporations in other states
- Pinkerton v. United States, Template:Ussc: the doctrine of conspiracy, Pinkerton Liability
- Everson v. Board of Education, Template:Ussc: First Amendment, establishment of religion
- International Salt Co. v. United States, Template:Ussc: tying arrangements under the Sherman Act
- Oyama v. California, Template:Ussc: California Alien Land Laws, equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment
- Shelley v. Kraemer, Template:Ussc: equal protection, racial covenants
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., Template:Ussc: Hollywood studios monopoly
- United States v. National City Lines Inc., Template:Ussc: General Motors streetcar conspiracy
- Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander, Template:Ussc: due process (Fourteenth Amendment), Commerce Clause
- Wolf v. Colorado, Template:Ussc: Fourteenth Amendment, state court, evidence from unreasonable search and seizure
1950–1959
- Sweatt v. Painter, Template:Ussc: segregation, separate but equal
- McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, Template:Ussc: Fourteenth Amendment, segregation
- Johnson v. Eisentrager, Template:Ussc: jurisdiction of U.S. civilian courts over nonresident enemy aliens; habeas corpus
- Stack v. Boyle, Template:Ussc: defines excessive bail
- Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB, Template:Ussc: judicial review of agency decisions
- Dennis v. United States, Template:Ussc: First Amendment and the Smith Act
- Rochin v. California, Template:Ussc: restriction of police power
- Zorach v. Clauson, Template:Ussc: release time programs
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, Template:Ussc: presidential power to seize steel mills during strike to ensure wartime production
- Toolson v. New York Yankees, Template:Ussc: baseball and antitrust regulation
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Template:Ussc: segregation, “separate inherently inequal”
- Bolling v. Sharpe, Template:Ussc: segregation in the District of Columbia
- Berman v. Parker, Template:Ussc: eminent domain, takings
- Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co., Template:Ussc: definition of taxable income
- Griffin v. Illinois, Template:Ussc: access to court transcript for indigent appeals
- Roth v. United States, Template:Ussc: obscenity
- NAACP v. Alabama, Template:Ussc: freedom of association, privacy of membership lists
- Speiser v. Randall, Template:Ussc:
- Smith v. California, Template:Ussc:
1960–1969
- Boynton v. Virginia, Template:Ussc: racial segregation
- McGowan v. Maryland, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of laws with religious origins but secular purposes
- Torcaso v. Watkins, Template:Ussc: oaths, religious test, First Amendment
- Mapp v. Ohio, Template:Ussc: search and seizure, exclusionary rule
- Baker v. Carr, Template:Ussc: reapportionment issues
- Engel v. Vitale, Template:Ussc: school prayer
- Gideon v. Wainwright, Template:Ussc: right to counsel
- Douglas v. California, Template:Ussc: Fourteenth Amendment; right of poor defendants to criminal court appeals
- Abington School District v. Schempp, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of mandatory bible reading in public schools
- Gray v. Sanders, Template:Ussc: “one man, one vote”
- Parker v. Flook, Template:Ussc: Algorithms and patent law
- Escobedo v. Illinois,Template:Ussc: right to remain silent
- Wesberry v. Sanders, Template:Ussc: “one man, one vote”
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech, libel
- Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, Template:Ussc: jurisdiction of federal courts over acts of foreign countries; act of state doctrine
- England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, Template:Ussc: refining procedures for Pullman abstention from deciding issues of state law
- Reynolds v. Sims, Template:Ussc: “one man, one vote” (state senates)
- Jacobellis v. Ohio, Template:Ussc: “I know [obscenity] when I see it[.]” – Justice Potter Stewart
- Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, Template:Ussc: interstate commerce, civil rights, public accommodations
- United States v. Continental Can Co., Template:Ussc: antitrust
- United States v. Seeger, Template:Ussc: definition of religion for a military draft exemption
- Griswold v. Connecticut, Template:Ussc: privacy, birth control
- Memoirs v. Massachusetts, Template:Ussc: obscenity
- Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, Template:Ussc:
- Miranda v. Arizona, Template:Ussc: self-incrimination (“right to remain silent”)
- Katz v. United States, Template:Ussc: wiretapping as search and seizure
- In Re Gault, Template:Ussc: due process, juveniles
- Loving v. Virginia, Template:Ussc: interracial marriage
- United States v. Wade, Template:Ussc: handwriting
- Gilbert v. California, Template:Ussc: handwriting
- Epperson v. Arkansas, Template:Ussc: teaching of evolution in conjunction with creationism
- United States v. O'Brien, Template:Ussc: free speech, burning draft cards
- Terry v. Ohio, Template:Ussc: search and seizure, power of police to stop and frisk suspicious persons
- Witherspoon v. Illinois, Template:Ussc: constitutional status of a death-qualified jury
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech in public schools
- Street v. New York, Template:Ussc:
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, Template:Ussc: Fairness Doctrine, broadcaster responsibilities, freedom of speech
- Brandenburg v. Ohio, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech, incitement to riot
1970–1979
- Goldberg v. Kelly, Template:Ussc: procedural due process, hearing requirement
- Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, Template:Ussc: tax exemption for churches
- Coates v. Cincinnati, Template:Ussc: criminal offenses on sidewalk
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co., Template:Ussc: employment discrimination; disparate effect of employer practices
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Template:Ussc: use of busing for school desegregation
- Cohen v. California, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech, fighting words/obscenity, “fuck the draft”
- Lemon v. Kurtzman, Template:Ussc: establishment of religion, schools, the “Lemon test”
- New York Times Co. v. United States, Template:Ussc: freedom of the press, national security, Pentagon Papers
- Parisi v. Davidson, Template:Ussc: conscientious objector status
- Eisenstadt v. Baird, Template:Ussc: privacy, birth control
- Wisconsin v. Yoder, Template:Ussc: freedom of religion, high school education
- Flood v. Kuhn, Template:Ussc: baseball and antitrust regulation
- Furman v. Georgia, Template:Ussc: death penalty, cruel and unusual punishment
- Perry v. Sindermann, Template:Ussc: First Amendment; defacto professor tenure
- Branzburg v. Hayes, Template:Ussc: First Amendment; grand jury, journalists’ rights
- Fuentes v. Shevin, Template:Ussc: Opportunity to be heard
- United States v. Dionisio, Template:Ussc: handwriting
- United States v. Mara aka Marasovich, Template:Ussc: handwriting
- Roe v. Wade, Template:Ussc: abortion, due process, privacy
- Miller v. California, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech, Miller test for obscenity
- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech
- United States v. Nixon, Template:Ussc: judicial review, executive privilege, separation of powers
- Milliken v. Bradley, Template:Ussc: segregation, busing
- Gregg v. Georgia, Template:Ussc: death penalty
- Stump v. Sparkman, Template:Ussc: judicial immunity
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Template:Ussc: judicial deference to government agencies
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Template:Ussc: racial discrimination, affirmative action
- FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, Template:Ussc: obscenity, FCC policing of obscenity
1980–1989
- Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, Template:Ussc: federalism, freedom of speech
- Diamond v. Chakrabarty, Template:Ussc: patentability of genetically modified organisms
- Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech (companies including information inserts with bills)
- Diamond, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks v. Diehr et. al., Template:Ussc: patentability of machines controlled by computer software
- Dames & Moore v. Regan, Template:Ussc: executive authority over foreign affairs, International Emergency Economic Powers Act
- United States v. Lee, Template:Ussc: religious opposition to participation in Social Security
- Board of Education, Island Trees School District v. Pico, Template:Ussc: right to remove "objectionable" books from school libraries
- Plyler v. Doe, Template:Ussc: illegal immigrants and public education
- Bob Jones University v. United States, Template:Ussc: freedom of religion and tax exemptions
- City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Template:Ussc: abortion rights
- Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy, Template:Ussc: environmental law; psychological effects do not need to be evaluated as part of an Environmental Impact Report
- Michigan v. Long, Template:Ussc: “adequate and independent state ground”
- Leon v. United States, Template:Ussc: "good faith" exception to exclusionary rule
- New York v. Quarles, Template:Ussc: Miranda rights
- Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, Template:Ussc: copyright, VCR "time-shifting", fair use
- Grove City College v. Bell, Template:Ussc: acquiescence to federal anti-discrimination regulations through acceptance of federal funds
- Lynch v. Donnelly, Template:Ussc: public religious display on private property
- Calder v. Jones, Template:Ussc: minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction based on a libelous publication
- United States v. Gouveia, Template:Ussc: right to counsel for prisoners under administrative segregation
- Bernal v. Fainter, Template:Ussc: citizenship of notaries public
- Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff, Template:Ussc: land use law, takings to redistribute private property
- Chevron, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Template:Ussc: judicial review of the interpretation of statutes by government agencies
- Allen v. Wright, Template:Ussc: standing to sue for executive action alleged to promote racial discrimination by third parties
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, Template:Ussc: application of minimum wage laws to state governments
- Ake v. Oklahoma, Template:Ussc: right of the accused asserting insanity to a state-appointed psychiatrist
- Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises,: Template:Ussc: fair use of copyrighted material
- Wallace v. Jaffree, Template:Ussc: school sponsorship of voluntary religious observances
- Thornton v. Calder, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of Sabbath laws
- Dowling v. United States, Template:Ussc: copyright infringement as theft
- Witters v. Washington Department of Services For the Blind, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of public aid paid directly to students of Christian colleges
- Nix v. Whiteside, Template:Ussc: attorney-client privilege
- Batson v. Kentucky, Template:Ussc: peremptory challenge, racial discrimination
- Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, Template:Ussc: sexual harassment
- Bowers v. Hardwick, Template:Ussc: sodomy and substantive due process; overruled by Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
- Bethel School District v. Fraser, Template:Ussc: censorship of obscene speech at a school assembly
- Turner v. Safley, Template:Ussc: free speech and marriage rights of prison inmates
- Edwards v. Aguillard, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of mandating teaching of creation science in conjunction with theory of evolution
- South Dakota v. Dole, Template:Ussc: use of federal funding to encourage changes in state laws
- Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech in school newspaper
- Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, Template:Ussc: First Amendment; parody, emotional distress
- Lying v. Northwest Indian CPA, Template:Ussc: religious rights of Native American vs. public interest
- California v. Greenwood, Template:Ussc: Fourth Amendment; even absent a warrant, the search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home
- Morrison v. Olson, Template:Ussc: independent counsel's office
- Thompson v. Oklahoma, Template:Ussc:, Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; capital punishment for juveniles under 16
- Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser et al., Template:Ussc: interlocutory appeals
- Community For Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, Template:Ussc: copyright, work for hire
- Martin v. Wilks, Template:Ussc:
- Texas v. Johnson, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech (flag burning)
- Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, Template:Ussc: abortion rights
1990–1999
- Oregon v. Smith, Template:Ussc: religious freedom with respect to drug use
- Chicago v. Morales, Template:Ussc: loitering as gang activity to broad
- Westside School District v Mergens, Template:Ussc: Bible study clubs in schools
- Maryland v. Craig, Template:Ussc: the right of criminal defendants to confront witnesses
- Missouri v. Jenkins, Template:Ussc: power of federal courts to order taxation by state or local governments
- United States v. Eichman, Template:Ussc: freedom of speech (flag burning)
- Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, Template:Ussc: enforcement of forum selection clauses
- Florida v. Bostick, Template:Ussc: random bus searches routinely conducted pursuant to passenger's consent
- Harmelin v. Michigan, Template:Ussc: life sentence for cocaine possession
- Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co, Template:Ussc: creativity required for copyright protection
- R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul, Template:Ussc: fighting words, hate speech
- Lee v. Weisman, Template:Ussc: First Amendment, establishment of religion (prayer at high school graduations)
- Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Template:Ussc: abortion
- United States v. Fordice, Template:Ussc: segregation of colleges and universities
- United States Department of Justice v. Landano, Template:Ussc: Freedom of Information Act and confidentiality
- Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, Template:Ussc: animal cruelty, freedom of religion
- Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District, Template:Ussc: access by religious groups to public school facilities
- Alexander v. United States, Template:Ussc:
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Template:Ussc: the Daubert Standard on the admissibility of the opinion of the expert witness
- Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Template:Ussc: copyright, commercial fair use is possible, parody
- Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet, Template:Ussc: school district coinciding with religious community
- United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell, Template:Ussc: constitutional limitations on the contempt powers of courts
- United States v. Shabani, Template:Ussc: elements of criminal conspiracy (i.e., requirement for an overt act)
- McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, Template:Ussc: anonymous campaign literature under the First Amendment
- United States v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr., Template:Ussc: interstate commerce, gun-free school zones
- Adarand Constructors v. Peña, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of race-based set-asides (strict scrutiny test)
- Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, Template:Ussc: discrimination by state universities against student religious organizations
- Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, Template:Ussc: constitutionality of public school drug testing; Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
- Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., Template:Ussc: claim construction of patents
- 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. State of Rhode Island, Template:Ussc: restrictions on commercial speech
- BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, Template:Ussc: whether punitive damages are limited by substantive due process; Fourteenth Amendment
- Romer v. Evans, Template:Ussc: equal protection, homosexuality
- Jaffe v. Redmond, Template:Ussc: medical confidentiality
- Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States, Template:Ussc: background checks before purchasing handguns
- Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, Template:Ussc: protesters of abortion clinics
- Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, Template:Ussc: free speech, obscenity, CDA
- Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Template:Ussc: applicability of sexual harassment laws to same sex harassment
- United States v. Bajakajian, Template:Ussc: excessive fines
- Hunt v. Cromartie, Template:Ussc: gerrymandering
- Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank, Template:Ussc: sovereign immunity of the states
2000–present
Decided and reported
- Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, Template:Ussc: prayer in schools
- Dickerson v. United States, Template:Ussc: Miranda rights
- Stenberg v. Carhart, Template:Ussc: "late term" or "partial birth" abortions
- Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth, Template:Ussc: compulsory student fees to support political campus groups; First Amendment
- United States v. Morrison, Template:Ussc: limits of Congress's power under the commerce clause
- United States v. Hubbell, Template:Ussc: criminal charges based on subpeonaed documents
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, Template:Ussc: right of free association, homosexuality
- City of Indianapolis v. Edmond, Template:Ussc: use of dogs at random traffic stops
- Bush v. Gore, Template:Ussc: vote recounts in presidential election
- TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., Template:Ussc: trademark protection for patented designs
- Easley v. Cromartie, Template:Ussc: racial discrimination, gerrymandering
- Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, Template:Ussc: search and seizure
- Kyllo v. United States, Template:Ussc: refined meaning of 'search' in Fourth Amendment
- New York Times Co. v. Tasini, Template:Ussc: copyright in databases
- Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Template:Ussc: prosecution history estoppel
- Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, Template:Ussc: election of state judges, freedom of speech
- Eldred v. Ashcroft, Template:Ussc: copyright duration
- Gratz v. Bollinger, Template:Ussc: racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
- Grutter v. Bollinger, Template:Ussc: racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
- Lawrence v. Texas, Template:Ussc: liberty, due process, homosexuality
- McConnell v. FEC, Template:Ussc: First Amendment; political speech
- Virginia v. Black, Template:Ussc: restricted speech
- Doe v. Chao, Template:Ussc: governmental violation of privacy rights
- Crawford v. Washington, Template:Ussc: prior testimony exception to hearsay in criminal trials, Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses
- United States v. Benitez, 542 U.S. 74 (2004): appellate review standard for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Decided, but not yet reported
The cases in this section are recently decided and have not yet been published in a reporter, and thus have not yet been assigned an official United States Reports citation (e.g., 537 U.S. 186). They are identified using their Supreme Court docket number. The date listed is the date of decision. In addition, some of these cases use one of the following citations: Supreme Court Reporter (___ S.Ct. ___); Supreme Courts Reports, Lawyer's Edition (___ L.Ed. ___) [1]; or U.S. Law Week [2]. See Court citation, Unpublished decisions for additional guidance.
Note: Cases in this section are listed in order by the name of the plaintiff (the name to the left of the "v."), and then, if necessary, by the name of the defendant (the name to the right):
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (5/31/05) Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States (2005): legality of document destruction in the face of likely government investigation
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/24/04) Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. __ (2004): right to jury trial, judge-enhanced criminal sentences
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/7/04) Central Laborers’ Pension Fund v. Heinz, 124 S.Ct. 2230 (2004): an ambiguity in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/7/04) Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 124 S.Ct. 2204 (2004): Presidential foreign affairs and foreign trade actions
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/14/04) Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, 542 U.S. __ (2004): validity of “under God” in Pledge of Allegiance; standing to bring suit on another’s behalf.
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/6/05) Gonzales v. Raich (2005): legitimacy of using marijuana as a medicine, and power of the federal government to regulate intrastate activities
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/28/04) Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. __ (2004): detention of American citizens
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/21/04) Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, 542 U.S. __ (2004): constitutionality of state law requiring citizens to identify themselves to police
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/23/05) Susette Kelo et al. v. City of New London et al. (2005): eminent domain; takings of private property for private development
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/21/04) Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. __ (2004): foreign tribunals
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/13/05) Merck KGaA, Petitioner v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd., et al.: applicability of patents in preclinical studies
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/27/05) McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky (2005): constitutionality of a Ten Commandments display; potential reformulation of the Lemon test
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/27/05) MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. (2005): Copyright infringement in P2P file-sharing; re-examination of Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/28/04) Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. __ (2004): jurisdiction over foreign nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (3/1/05) Roper v. Simmons, 543 U. S. __ (2005): Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; capital punishment for juveniles under 18 (compare Thompson v. Oklahoma from 1988)
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/28/04) Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 124 S.Ct. 2230 (2004): detention of American citizens
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (4/26/05) Small v. United States (2005): resolution of split appeals court decisions on inclusion of foreign courts in the term “any court”
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/06/05) Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. (2005): applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to foreign-held companies
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/13/05) Stewart v. United States (2005): applicability of Commerce Clause in criminalizing private homemade automatic firearms
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (3/2/05) Tenet v. Doe, 544 U. S. __ (2005): enforceability of contracts between the government and spies (undercover CIA agents)
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (5/31/05) Tory v. Cochran (2005): enjoinment of speech; continuity of injuction after death
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (1/12/05) United States v. Booker, 542 U. S. __ (2005): Sixth Amendment; constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences in federal courts
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (6/27/05) Van Orden v. Perry (2005): legality of a Ten Commandments display
Not yet decided
The following is a partial list of cases awaiting decisions. The first number on each line is that case's docket number. The date listed before each case is that of the most recent oral arguments for each case. Transcripts of recently argued cases are available from the Court's website.
- Template:SupremeCourtDocket (9/5/05) Gonzales v. Oregon (2005): physician-assisted suicide
See also
- List of notable United States Courts of Appeals cases
- List of notable United States state supreme court caseszh:美国最高法院案例列表
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