| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Bates v. City of Little Rock |
361 U.S. 516 (1960) |
First Amendment, compelled disclosure of membership lists |
| United States v. Raines |
362 U.S. 17 (1960) |
Fifteenth Amendment, Civil Rights Act |
| Flora v. United States |
362 U.S. 145 (1960) |
Pay Income Tax Then Litigate, Internal Revenue Act |
| Boynton v. Virginia |
364 U.S. 454 (1960) |
racial segregation |
| Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority |
365 U.S. 715 (1961) |
state action |
| Gomillion v. Lightfoot |
364 U.S. 339 (1960) |
race-based electoral districting |
| James v. United States |
366 U.S. 213 (1961) |
assessment of income tax on embezzled funds |
| McGowan v. Maryland |
366 U.S. 420 (1961) |
constitutionality of laws with religious origins but secular purposes |
| Braunfeld v. Brown |
366 U.S. 599 (1961) |
constitutionality of Sabbath laws requiring Sunday closure of stores |
| Torcaso v. Watkins |
367 U.S. 488 (1961) |
oaths, religious test, First Amendment |
| Poe v. Ullman |
367 U.S. 497 (1961) |
ripeness to challenge statute banning contraceptives |
| Mapp v. Ohio |
367 U.S. 643 (1961) |
search and seizure, exclusionary rule |
| Baker v. Carr |
369 U.S. 186 (1962) |
reapportionment issues |
| Goldblatt v. Hempstead |
369 U.S. 590 (1962) |
due process, takings clause, safety regulations |
| Engel v. Vitale |
370 U.S. 421 (1962) |
school prayer |
| Edwards v. South Carolina |
372 U.S. 229 (1963) |
First Amendment, protest marches at state capital |
| Gideon v. Wainwright |
372 U.S. 335 (1963) |
right to counsel |
| Douglas v. California |
372 U.S. 353 (1963) |
Fourteenth Amendment; right of poor defendants to criminal court appeals |
| Gray v. Sanders |
372 U.S. 368 (1963) |
“one man, one vote” |
| Ferguson v. Skrupa |
372 U.S. 726 (1963) |
substantive due process, economic liberties |
| Brady v. Maryland |
373 U.S. 83 (1963) |
exculpatory evidence and due process |
| Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul |
373 U.S. 132 (1963) |
Preemption, Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Abington School District v. Schempp |
374 U.S. 203 (1963) |
constitutionality of mandatory bible reading in public schools |
| Sherbert v. Verner |
374 U.S. 398 (1963) |
strict scrutiny for religiously-based discrimination in unemployment compensation |
| England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners |
375 U.S. 411 (1964) |
refining procedures for Pullman abstention from deciding issues of state law |
| Wesberry v. Sanders |
376 U.S. 1 (1964) |
“one man, one vote” |
| New York Times Co. v. Sullivan |
376 U.S. 254 (1964) |
freedom of speech, libel |
| Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino |
376 U.S. 398 (1964) |
jurisdiction of federal courts over acts of foreign countries; act of state doctrine |
| Massiah v. United States |
377 U.S. 201 (1964) |
Sixth Amendment prohibition on police speaking to suspect represented by counsel |
| Reynolds v. Sims |
377 U.S. 533 (1964) |
“one man, one vote” (state senates) |
| Jacobellis v. Ohio |
378 U.S. 184 (1964) |
“I know [obscenity] when I see it[.]” – Justice Potter Stewart |
| Bouie v. City of Columbia |
378 U.S. 347 (1964) |
due process and ex post facto law |
| United States v. Continental Can Co. |
378 U.S. 441 (1964) |
antitrust |
| Escobedo v. Illinois |
378 U.S. 478 (1964) |
right to remain silent |
| Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States |
379 U.S. 241 (1964) |
interstate commerce, civil rights, public accommodations |
| Stanford v. Texas |
379 U.S. 476 (1965) |
Fourth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Unconstitutionality of State issued general warrants |
| Cox v. Louisiana |
379 U.S. 536 (1965) |
First Amendment, "breach of the peace" statutes |
| Freeman v. Maryland |
380 U.S. 51 (1965) |
First Amendment, motion picture censorship |
| United States v. Seeger |
380 U.S. 163 (1965) |
definition of religion for a military draft exemption |
| Hanna v. Plumer |
380 U.S. 460 (1965) |
interpretation of the Erie Doctrine, Civil Procedure |
| Griswold v. Connecticut |
381 U.S. 479 (1965) |
privacy, birth control |
| Graham v. John Deere Co. |
383 U.S. 1 (1966) |
nonobviousness as a condition of patentability |
| Brown v. Louisiana |
383 U.S. 131 (1966) |
first amendment, right to protest |
| South Carolina v. Katzenbach |
383 U.S. 301 (1966) |
Voting Rights Act, Fifteenth Amendment |
| Memoirs v. Massachusetts |
383 U.S. 413 (1966) |
obscenity |
| Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections |
383 U.S. 663 (1966) |
poll taxes are unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause |
| United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs |
383 U.S. 715 (1966) |
federal court jurisdiction over pendent claims |
| Miranda v. Arizona |
384 U.S. 436 (1966) |
self-incrimination (“right to remain silent”) |
| Katzenbach v. Morgan |
384 U.S. 641 (1966) |
voting rights, Section 5 power |
| In Re Gault |
387 U.S. 1 (1967) |
due process, juveniles |
| Afroyim v. Rusk |
387 U.S. 253 (1967) |
federal government cannot strip a person of his citizenship |
| Loving v. Virginia |
388 U.S. 1 (1967) |
interracial marriage |
| Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts |
388 U.S. 130 (1967) |
libel; effect of Sullivan on private figures |
| United States v. Wade |
388 U.S. 218 (1967) |
no police lineup without counsel |
| Gilbert v. California |
388 U.S. 263 (1967) |
handwriting |
| United States v. Robel |
389 U.S. 258 (1967) |
First Amendment, right of association |
| Katz v. United States |
389 U.S. 347 (1967) |
wiretapping as search and seizure |
| Duncan v. Louisiana |
391 U.S. 145 (1968) |
selective incorporation, trial by jury |
| United States v. O'Brien |
391 U.S. 367 (1968) |
free speech, burning draft cards |
| Witherspoon v. Illinois |
391 U.S. 510 (1968) |
constitutional status of a death-qualified jury |
| Pickering v. Board of Education |
391 U.S. 563 (1968) |
public employees' free speech rights |
| Terry v. Ohio |
392 U.S. 1 (1968) |
search and seizure, power of police to stop and frisk suspicious persons |
| Flast v. Cohen |
392 U.S. 83 (1968) |
taxpayer standing |
| United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. |
392 U.S. 157 (1968) |
Administrative law |
| Jones v. Mayer |
392 U.S. 409 (1968) |
housing discrimination |
| Epperson v. Arkansas |
393 U.S. 97 (1968) |
teaching of evolution in conjunction with creationism |
| Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District |
393 U.S. 503 (1969) |
freedom of speech in public schools |
| Stanley v. Georgia |
394 U.S. 557 (1969) |
private possession of obscene material protected under First Amendment |
| Street v. New York |
394 U.S. 576 (1969) |
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| Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC |
395 U.S. 367 (1969) |
Fairness Doctrine, broadcaster responsibilities, freedom of speech |
| Brandenburg v. Ohio |
395 U.S. 444 (1969) |
freedom of speech, incitement to riot |
| Powell v. McCormack |
395 U.S. 486 (1969) |
political question doctrine, justiciability |
| Chimel v. California |
395 U.S. 752 (1969) |
search and seizure incident to arrest |
| Benton v. Maryland |
395 U.S. 784 (1969) |
double jeopardy |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger, June 23, 1969 |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Goldberg v. Kelly |
397 U.S. 254 (1970) |
procedural due process, hearing requirement |
| Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York |
397 U.S. 664 (1970) |
tax exemption for churches |
| Williams v. Florida |
399 U.S. 78 (1970) |
twelve-man jury |
| North Carolina v. Alford |
400 U.S. 25 (1970) |
guilty plea in criminal case |
| Oregon v. Mitchell |
400 U.S. 112 (1970) |
age and voting rights in state elections |
| Younger v. Harris |
401 U.S. 37 (1971) |
abstention doctrine |
| Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe |
401 U.S. 402 (1971) |
judicial review of administrative agency actions |
| Griggs v. Duke Power Co. |
401 U.S. 424 (1971) |
employment discrimination; disparate effect of employer practices |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education |
402 U.S. 1 (1971) |
use of busing for school desegregation |
| Coates v. Cincinnati |
402 U.S. 611 (1971) |
criminal offenses on sidewalk |
| Cohen v. California |
403 U.S. 15 (1971) |
freedom of speech, fighting words/obscenity, “fuck the draft” |
| Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents |
403 U.S. 388 (1971) |
implied right of action in the Fourth Amendment |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman |
403 U.S. 602 (1971) |
laws without a secular purpose violate the Establishment Clause |
| New York Times Co. v. United States |
403 U.S. 713 (1971) |
freedom of the press, national security, Pentagon Papers |
| Reed v. Reed |
404 U.S. 71 (1971) |
gender discrimination in estate settlement |
| Parisi v. Davidson |
405 U.S. 34 (1972) |
conscientious objector status |
| Eisenstadt v. Baird |
405 U.S. 438 (1972) |
privacy, birth control |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder |
406 U.S. 205 (1972) |
freedom of religion, high school education |
| Fuentes v. Shevin |
407 U.S. 67 (1972) |
Opportunity to be heard |
| Flood v. Kuhn |
407 U.S. 258 (1972) |
baseball and antitrust regulation |
| United States v. U.S. District Court |
407 U.S. 297 (1972) |
Fourth Amendment, Search and seizure, Search warrant, Wiretapping |
| Barker v. Wingo |
407 U.S. 514 (1972) |
Sixth Amendment and speedy trial |
| Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner |
407 U.S. 551 (1972) |
First Amendment; private property; rights |
| Furman v. Georgia |
408 U.S. 238 (1972) |
death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment; overruled by Gregg v. Georgia |
| Board of Regents v. Roth |
408 U.S. 564 (1972) |
procedural due process in firing non-tenured professor |
| Perry v. Sindermann |
408 U.S. 593 (1972) |
First Amendment; de facto professor tenure |
| Branzburg v. Hayes |
408 U.S. 665 (1972) |
First Amendment; grand jury, journalists’ rights |
| United States v. Dionisio |
410 U.S. 1 (1973) |
handwriting |
| United States v. Mara aka Marasovich |
410 U.S. 19 (1973) |
handwriting |
| Roe v. Wade |
410 U.S. 113 (1973) |
abortion, due process, privacy |
| Doe v. Bolton |
410 U.S. 179 (1973) |
restrictions on abortion |
| San Antonio Independent School Dist. v. Rodriguez |
411 U.S. 1 (1973) |
equal protection, education |
| United States v. Russell |
411 U.S. 423 (1973) |
Active government agent involvement in criminal conspiracy does not constitute entrapment; Rehnquist inadvertently creates possible "outrageous government conduct" standard. |
| Frontiero v. Richardson |
411 U.S. 677 (1973) |
equal protection, gender discrimination in military dependency regulation |
| Miller v. California |
413 U.S. 15 (1973) |
freedom of speech, Miller test for obscenity |
| Lau v. Nichols |
414 U.S. 563 (1974) |
foreign-language education and discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur |
414 U.S. 632 (1974) |
Overly restrictive maternity leave regulations in public schools violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
| United States v. Matlock |
415 U.S. 164 (1974) |
Fourth Amendment, Search and seizure, "co-occupant consent rule" |
| Edelman v. Jordan |
415 U.S. 651 (1974) |
Eleventh Amendment and disability payments |
| Storer v. Brown |
415 U.S. 724 (1974) |
political campaign laws |
| DeFunis v. Odegaard |
416 U.S. 312 (1974) |
mootness |
| Jenkins v. Georgia |
418 U.S. 153 (1974) |
obscenity; motion picture Carnal Knowledge |
| Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo |
418 U.S. 241 (1974) |
freedom of speech |
| Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. |
418 U.S. 323 (1974) |
First Amendment and defamation--narrowing New York Times v. Sullivan |
| United States v. Nixon |
418 U.S. 683 (1974) |
judicial review, executive privilege, separation of powers |
| Milliken v. Bradley |
418 U.S. 717 (1974) |
segregation, busing |
| Bigelow v. Virginia |
421 U.S. 809 (1975) |
First Amendment and commercial speech |
| Cort v. Ash |
422 U.S. 66 (1975) |
election law, implied cause of action |
| Warth v. Seldin |
422 U.S. 490 (1975) |
law of standing |
| Buckley v. Valeo |
424 U.S. 1 (1976) |
First Amendment and campaign finance reform |
| Mathews v. Eldridge |
424 U.S. 319 (1976) |
procedural due process for termination of Social Security benefits |
| Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States |
424 U.S. 800 (1976) |
Abstention doctrine |
| Hills v. Gautreaux |
425 U.S. 284 (1976) |
Fifth Amendment and Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Estelle v. Williams |
425 U.S. 501 (1976) |
trying a criminal defendant while he is clad in prison garb violates due process |
| Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council |
425 U.S. 748 (1976) |
commercial speech--advertising prescription drug prices |
| Washington v. Davis |
426 U.S. 229 (1976) |
equal protection |
| TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. |
426 U.S. 438 (1976) |
materiality of false or misleading statements in proxy statements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
| Doyle v. Ohio |
426 U.S. 610 (1976) |
impeaching a defendant with his silence in response to the warnings required by Miranda v. Arizona violates the Fifth Amendment |
| Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich |
426 U.S. 696 (1976) |
judicial determination of internal disputes of church governance violates the Establishment Clause |
| National League of Cities v. Usery |
426 U.S. 833 (1976) |
Tenth amendment sufficient to invalidate federal Fair Labor Standards Act; overruled by Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority |
| Runyon v. McCrary |
427 U.S. 160 (1976) |
race discrimination in private school admissions under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 |
| Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer |
427 U.S. 445 (1976) |
limitations imposed by the Eleventh Amendment on damages paid by states under Title VII |
| Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart |
427 U.S. 529 (1976) |
standards for regulating publicity in advance of a criminal trial |
| Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth |
428 U.S. 52 (1976) |
constitutionality of various abortion regulations; the first such challenge after Roe v. Wade |
| Gregg v. Georgia |
428 U.S. 153 (1976) |
capital punishment does not per se violate the Eighth Amendment |
| Woodson v. North Carolina |
428 U.S. 280 (1976) |
mandatory death penalties and capital punishment |
| South Dakota v. Opperman |
428 U.S. 364 (1976) |
searching an impounded vehicle is permissible under the Fourth Amendment |
| United States v. Janis |
428 U.S. 433 (1976) |
the exclusionary rule does not apply in civil forfeiture proceedings |
| Stone v. Powell |
428 U.S. 465 (1976) |
violations of the exclusionary rule may not be asserted in federal habeas corpus proceedings |
| United States v. Martinez-Fuerte |
428 U.S. 543 (1976) |
routine stops of vehicles entering the United States made by the Border Patrol do not violate the Fourth Amendment |
| Estelle v. Gamble |
429 U.S. 97 (1976) |
deliberate indifference to prisoner medical needs is required to make out a violation of the Eighth Amendment |
| Craig v. Boren |
429 U.S. 190 (1976) |
sex discrimination in drinking ages |
| Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. |
429 U.S. 252 (1977) |
discriminatory intent required to make out a violation of the Equal Protection Clause |
| Mount Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle |
429 U.S. 274 (1977) |
retaliatory adverse employment action that rises to the level of a constitutional violation and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
| Califano v. Goldfarb |
430 U.S. 199 (1977) |
differing Social Security benefits for widows and widowers violates equal protection |
| Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady |
430 U.S. 274 (1977) |
constitutional requirements for imposing state business privilege taxes on out-of-state corporations |
| Brewer v. Williams |
430 U.S. 387 (1977) |
Sixth Amendment requires criminal defendants to have counsel during police interrogation conducted after indictment |
| Ingraham v. Wright |
430 U.S. 651 (1977) |
corporal punishment of public school students |
| Bounds v. Smith |
430 U.S. 817 (1977) |
the right of prisoners to access the courts requires prisons to furnish legal assistance |
| Abood v. Detroit Board of Education |
431 U.S. 209 (1977) |
compelling nonunion members to support union political activities violates the First Amendment |
| Moore v. City of East Cleveland |
431 U.S. 494 (1977) |
zoning ordinances forbidding extended families to live in the same house violate due process |
| Carey v. Population Services International |
431 U.S. 678 (1977) |
availability of contraceptives to girls under the age of 16 |
| National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie |
432 U.S. 43 (1977) |
procedure to be afforded those denied the right to march |
| Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission |
432 U.S. 333 (1977) |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Shaffer v. Heitner |
433 U.S. 186 (1977) |
quasi in rem jurisdiction and minimum contacts |
| Bates v. State Bar of Arizona |
433 U.S. 350 (1977) |
First Amendment constraints on advertizing by lawyers |
| Nixon v. Administrator of General Services |
433 U.S. 425 (1977) |
papers of President Nixon |
| Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. |
433 U.S. 562 (1977) |
First Amendment limitations on suits for invasion of privacy |
| Coker v. Georgia |
433 U.S. 584 (1977) |
death penalty for rape unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment |
| Pennsylvania v. Mimms |
434 U.S. 106 (1977) |
applying Terry v. Ohio to passengers in an automobile |
| Moore v. Illinois |
434 U.S. 220 (1977) |
Sixth Amendment requires a criminal defendant to counsel at a lineup conducted after being indicted |
| Browder v. Director, Department of Corrections |
434 U.S. 257 (1978) |
federal courts of appeals lack jurisdiction to hear untimely filed appeals |
| Pfizer, Inc. v. Government of India |
434 U.S. 308 (1978) |
foreign nations, who may sue in federal court, may also obtain triple damages for violations of the Clayton Act |
| Bordenkircher v. Hayes |
434 U.S. 357 (1978) |
prosecutors may threaten defendants with more serious charges in order to induce a guilty plea |
| Zablocki v. Redhail |
434 U.S. 374 (1978) |
marriage as a fundamental right |
| Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe |
435 U.S. 191 (1978) |
Indian tribal courts do not have inherent criminal jurisdiction to try and to punish non-Indians |
| Ballew v. Georgia |
435 U.S. 223 (1978) |
juries in criminal trials may not have fewer than six members |
| Stump v. Sparkman |
435 U.S. 349 (1978) |
judicial immunity |
| Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. |
435 U.S. 519 (1978) |
judicial deference to government agencies |
| McDaniel v. Paty |
435 U.S. 618 (1978) |
qualification of ministers to hold political office |
| Elkins v. Moreno |
435 U.S. 647 (1978) |
in-state tuition at state universities for non-citizen students |
| First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti |
435 U.S. 765 (1978) |
First Amendment and corporate political contributions |
| Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia |
435 U.S. 829 (1978) |
press freedom in judicial discipline proceedings |
| Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez |
436 U.S. 49 (1978) |
sovereign immunity of Indian tribes |
| Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Association |
436 U.S. 447 (1978) |
state regulation of in-person soliciation of clients by lawyers |
| Taylor v. Kentucky |
436 U.S. 378 (1978) |
instrucing the jury in a criminal trial on the presumption of innocence and the meaning of proof beyond a reasonable doubt |
| Zurcher v. Stanford Daily |
436 U.S. 547 (1978) |
standards for issuing search warrants to third parties; special First Amendment protections for the press in keeping evidence of possible crimes |
| Monell v. Department of Social Services |
436 U.S. 658 (1978) |
liability of municipal officials for violations of constitutional rights; they are not liable for merely employing the person who violated the person's rights, and do not enjoy absolute immunity for their actions |
| Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland |
437 U.S. 117 (1978) |
Dormant Commerce Clause and state petroleum regulation |
| Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill |
437 U.S. 153 (1978) |
interpretation of the Endangered Species Act |
| Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger |
437 U.S. 365 (1978) |
joinder and diversity jurisdiction |
| Mincey v. Arizona |
437 U.S. 385 (1978) |
Fourth Amendment does not provide a "murder scene exception" to the warrant-and-probable-cause requirement |
| Parker v. Flook |
437 U.S. 584 (1978) |
Algorithms and patent law |
| City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey |
437 U.S. 617 (1978) |
Dormant Commerce Clause prohibits banning importation of trash into a state |
| Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group |
438 U.S. 59 (1978) |
constitutionality of Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act |
| Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City |
438 U.S. 104 (1978) |
substantive due process, taking clause, landmarks preservation |
| Franks v. Delaware |
438 U.S. 154 (1978) |
challenging false statements made in support of issuing a search warrant |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke |
438 U.S. 265 (1978) |
racial discrimination, affirmative action |
| Lockett v. Ohio |
438 U.S. 586 (1978) |
mitigating evidence required by the Eighth Amendment in capital sentencing proceedings |
| FCC v. Pacifica Foundation |
438 U.S. 726 (1978) |
obscenity, FCC policing of obscenity |
| Rakas v. Illinois |
439 U.S. 128 (1978) |
asserting the Fourth Amendment rights of third persons |
| Parklane Hosiery Co, Inc. v. Shore |
439 U.S. 322 (1979) |
preclusion doctrine |
| Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo |
439 U.S. 572 (1979) |
dividing federal railroad retirement benefits under state community property laws |
| Scott v. Illinois |
440 U.S. 367 (1979) |
Sixth Amendment right to counsel applies only to crimes for which the actual penalty is imprisonment |
| Nevada v. Hill |
440 U.S. 410 (1979) |
states are not immune from suit in the courts of other states |
| National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago |
440 U.S. 490 (1979) |
requiring unions in religious schools violates the Establishment Clause |
| New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer |
440 U.S. 568 (1979) |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and legality of discrimination against methadone users |
| Delaware v. Prouse |
440 U.S. 648 (1979) |
Fourth Amendment forbids stopping a motorist to check for a driver's license in the absence of reasonable suspicion to believe the driver has violated a traffic law |
| United States v. Caceres |
440 U.S. 741 (1979) |
Fourth Amendment does not require exclusion of evidence seized in violation of governmental regulation |
| Burch v. Louisiana |
441 U.S. 130 (1979) |
at a criminal trial, a six-member trial must be unanimous |
| Addington v. Texas |
441 U.S. 418 (1979) |
involuntarily committing a person to a mental hospital requires a clear and convincing standard of proof |
| United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land |
441 U.S. 506 (1979) |
Takings Clause only requires payment of fair market value to landowner |
| Bell v. Wolfish |
441 U.S. 520 (1979) |
rights of accused persons being held in prison pending trial. |
| Cannon v. University of Chicago |
441 U.S. 677 (1979) |
gender discrimination, implied cause of action |
| Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex |
442 U.S. 1 (1979) |
due process liberty interest in parole |
| Personnel Administrator v. Feeney |
442 U.S. 256 (1979) |
government employment preferences for veterans do not constitute sex discrimination |
| Sandstrom v. Montana |
442 U.S. 510 (1979) |
instructing the jury on the burden of proof in criminal trials |
| Fare v. Michael C. |
442 U.S. 707 (1979) |
invocation of the Miranda rights by asking for a probation officer |
| Smith v. Maryland |
442 U.S. 735 (1979) |
leaves call detail records outside the protection of the Fourth Amendment. |
| United Steel Workers of America v. Weber |
443 U.S. 193 (1979) |
regarding affirmative action, reverse discrimination |
| Gannett Co. v. DePasquale |
443 U.S. 368 (1979) |
standing of the press to assert violations of the right to a public trial |
| Bellotti v. Baird |
443 U.S. 622 (1979) |
parental notification requirements for abortion are constitutional with a judicial bypass provision |
| Ybarra v. Illinois |
444 U.S. 85 (1979) |
a person's mere presence at a place for which the police have a warrant to search does not allow the police to search that person |
| Goldwater v. Carter |
444 U.S. 996 (1979) |
justiciability, political question doctrine |
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| World-Wide Volkswagen Corp v. Woodson |
444 U.S. 286 (1980) |
Personal jurisdiction, strict liability |
| Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment |
444 U.S. 620 (1980) |
First Amendment protection for door-to-door soliciting |
| Trammel v. United States |
445 U.S. 40 (1980) |
marital privilege under the Federal Rules of Evidence |
| Rummel v. Estelle |
445 U.S. 263 (1980) |
life in prison with possibility of parole is not cruel and unusual punishment for a habitual offender convicted of passing bad checks |
| Vitek v. Jones |
445 U.S. 380 (1980) |
due process liberty interest in forcible commitment to a mental hospital |
| Payton v. New York |
445 U.S. 573 (1980) |
Fourth Amendment prohibits warrantless entry into a home to effect a routine felony arrest |
| Mobile v. Bolden |
446 U.S. 55 (1980) |
At-Large voting system and the Fifteenth Amendment |
| Rhode Island v. Innis |
446 U.S. 291 (1980) |
meaning of "interrogation" under Miranda v. Arizona |
| Cuyler v. Sullivan |
446 U.S. 335 (1980) |
criminal defendant's right to counsel not saddled by a conflict of interest |
| Godfrey v. Georgia |
446 U.S. 420 (1980) |
Eighth Amendment overbreadth of an aggravating circumstance required for imposing the death penalty |
| United States v. Mendenhall |
446 U.S. 544 (1980) |
police may obtain consent to detain a person and search them under the Fourth Amendment |
| Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins |
447 U.S. 74 (1980) |
federalism, freedom of speech |
| Diamond v. Chakrabarty |
447 U.S. 303 (1980) |
patentability of genetically modified organisms |
| Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission |
447 U.S. 530 (1980) |
freedom of speech (companies including information inserts with bills) |
| Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission |
447 U.S. 557 (1980) |
commercial speech--energy company advertising |
| Beck v. Alabama |
447 U.S. 625 (1980) |
lesser-included instructions in capital murder cases |
| United States v. Raddatz |
447 U.S. 667 (1980) |
federal district court review of determinations by federal magistrate judges |
| Maine v. Thiboutot |
448 U.S. 1 (1980) |
42 U.S.C. § 1983 allows suits for violations of federal statutory law |
| Ohio v. Roberts |
448 U.S. 56 (1980) |
hearsay is admissible under the Sixth Amendment if it bears particular guarantees of trustworthiness; overruled by Crawford v. Washington |
| Harris v. McRae |
448 U.S. 297 (1980) |
states are not required to fund abortions |
| Fullilove v. Klutznick |
448 U.S. 448 (1980) |
Equal protection, government contract set-aside for minority owned businesses |
| Upjohn Co. v. United States |
449 U.S. 383 (1981) |
attorney-client privilege |
| Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. |
449 U.S. 456 (1981) |
ban on nonreturnable milk containers under the rational basis test of equal protection law |
| Fedorenko v. United States |
449 U.S. 490 (1981) |
revoking the citizenship of a naturalized former concentration camp guard |
| Diamond, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks v. Diehr et. al. |
450 U.S. 175 (1981) |
patentability of machines controlled by computer software |
| Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County |
450 U.S. 464 (1981) |
sex discrimination in statutory rape laws |
| Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. |
450 U.S. 662 (1981) |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Thomas v. Review Board |
450 U.S. 707 (1981) |
religious pacifism and unemployment benefits under the Free Exercise Clause |
| Estelle v. Smith |
451 U.S. 454 (1981) |
statements taken in violation of the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to counsel may not be admitted at a capital sentencing proceeding |
| Edwards v. Arizona |
451 U.S. 477 (1981) |
police may not initiate questioning once a suspect has invoked his rights under Miranda v. Arizona |
| Parratt v. Taylor |
451 U.S. 527 (1981) |
mere negligence does not state a claim for a due process violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
| Lassiter v. Department of Social Services |
452 U.S. 18 (1981) |
right to counsel in parental termination proceedings |
| Connecticut Board of Pardons v. Dumschat |
452 U.S. 458 (1981) |
due process right to commutation of life sentences |
| Rostker v. Goldberg |
453 U.S. 57 (1981) |
Equal Protection Clause, women exempt from Selective Service registration |
| City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc. |
453 U.S. 247 (1981) |
punitive damages against municipalities in suits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
| California v. Prysock |
453 U.S. 355 (1981) |
phrasing of the warnings required by Miranda v. Arizona |
| New York v. Belton |
453 U.S. 454 (1981) |
scope of a lawful search incident to the arrest of a passenger in an automobile includes things inside the passenger compartment |
| Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego |
453 U.S. 490 (1981) |
municipal regulation of billboards under the First Amendment |
| Dames & Moore v. Regan |
453 U.S. 654 (1981) |
executive authority over foreign affairs, International Emergency Economic Powers Act |
| Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno |
454 U.S. 235 (1981) |
forum non conveniens doctrine |
| Widmar v. Vincent |
454 U.S. 263 (1981) |
use of state university classroom space by religious student groups |
| Polk County v. Dodson |
454 U.S. 312 (1981) |
liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of constitutional rights allegedly committed by public defenders |
| Cabell v. Chavez-Salido |
454 U.S. 432 (1982) |
citizenship requirements for probation officers |
| Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State |
454 U.S. 464 (1982) |
standing to sue for alleged violations of the Establishment Clause |
| Eddings v. Oklahoma |
455 U.S. 104 (1982) |
scope of mitigation evidence presented at a sentencing hearing in a capital case required by the Eighth Amendment |
| United States v. Lee |
455 U.S. 252 (1982) |
religious opposition to participation in Social Security |
| Rose v. Lundy |
455 U.S. 509 (1982) |
exhaustion requirement in federal habeas proceedings |
| Santosky v. Kramer |
455 U.S. 745 (1982) |
standard of proof in parental termination proceedings must be at least clear and convincing evidence |
| Oregon v. Kennedy |
456 U.S. 667 (1982) |
double jeopardy protections for retrial after a mistrial is granted |
| United States v. Ross |
456 U.S. 798 (1982) |
acceptable scope of a warrantless search of an automobile that has been legitimately stopped and that the police have probable cause to believe contains contraband |
| Plyler v. Doe |
457 U.S. 202 (1982) |
illegal immigrants and public education |
| Nixon v. Fitzgerald |
457 U.S. 731 (1982) |
qualified immunity of executive branch officials |
| Harlow v. Fitzgerald |
457 U.S. 800 (1982) |
absolute immunity for executive branch officials |
| Board of Education, Island Trees School District v. Pico |
457 U.S. 853 (1982) |
right to remove "objectionable" books from school libraries |
| Northern Pipeline Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. |
458 U.S. 50 (1982) |
Article III of the U.S. Constitution and the Bankruptcy Code |
| Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. |
458 U.S. 419 (1982) |
per se rule of takings clause |
| Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan |
458 U.S. 718 (1982) |
single-sex nursing schools and the Equal Protection Clause |
| New York v. Ferber |
458 U.S. 747 (1982) |
States may ban sexual images of minors even where material does not meet existing tests of obscenity |
| Enmund v. Florida |
458 U.S. 782 (1982) |
felony murder and the death penalty |
| United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal |
458 U.S. 858 (1982) |
constitutionality of deporting aliens who might give testimony in criminal alien smuggling prosecutions |
| NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. |
458 U.S. 886 (1982) |
First Amendment protection for boycotts |
| Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. |
459 U.S. 116 (1982) |
allowing churches to veto nearby liquor licenses violates the Establishment Clause |
| Hewitt v. Helms |
459 U.S. 460 (1983) |
procedural due process protections for prisoners transferred to administrative segregation |
| South Dakota v. Neville |
459 U.S. 553 (1983) |
admitting evidence of refusal to submit to field sobriety tests does not violate the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination |
| District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman |
460 U.S. 462 (1983) |
review of state court decisions by U.S. District Courts |
| Florida v. Royer |
460 U.S. 491 (1983) |
search and seizure of an airline passenger walking through an airport |
| Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy |
460 U.S. 766 (1983) |
environmental law; psychological effects do not need to be evaluated as part of an Environmental Impact Report |
| Connick v. Myers |
461 U.S. 138 (1983) |
free speech rights of public employees |
| Pacific Gas & Electric v. State Energy Resources Conservation of Development Commission |
461 U.S. 190 (1983) |
Preemption, Nuclear Power |
| Regan v. Taxation with Representation of Washington |
461 U.S. 540 (1983) |
restricting 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations from engaging in political activity does not violate the First Amendment |
| Bob Jones University v. United States |
461 U.S. 574 (1983) |
freedom of religion and tax exemptions |
| Illinois v. Gates |
462 U.S. 213 (1983) |
validity of searches conducted pursuant to warrants predicated on an informant's tip |
| City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health |
462 U.S. 416 (1983) |
requiring abortions to be performed in a hospital, restricting abortion to girls over 16, and requiring a doctor to impart certain information before performing an abortion are all unconstitutional |
| United States v. Place |
462 U.S. 696 (1983) |
dog sniff is not a search under the Fourth Amendment |
| INS v. Chadha |
462 U.S. 919 (1983) |
unconstitutionality of the legislative veto |
| Oregon v. Bradshaw |
462 U.S. 1039 (1983) |
protections of Miranda v. Arizona when the suspect reinitiates conversation with the police |
| Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. |
463 U.S. 60 (1983) |
First Amendment, definition of commercial speech |
| Solem v. Helm |
463 U.S. 277 (1983) |
life without parole for passing bad checks is cruel and unusual punishment |
| Dirks v. Securities & Exchange Commission |
463 U.S. 646 (1983) |
Insider trading, interpretation of Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
| Marsh v. Chambers |
463 U.S. 783 (1983) |
Establishment Clause does not forbid state legislatures from employing chaplains |
| Michigan v. Long |
463 U.S. 1032 (1983) |
“adequate and independent state ground” |
| Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios |
464 U.S. 417 (1984) |
copyright, VCR "time-shifting", fair use |
| Grove City College v. Bell |
465 U.S. 555 (1984) |
acquiescence to federal anti-discrimination regulations through acceptance of federal funds |
| Lynch v. Donnelly |
465 U.S. 668 (1984) |
public religious display on private property |
| Calder v. Jones |
465 U.S. 783 (1984) |
minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction based on a libelous publication |
| United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden |
465 U.S. 208 (1984) |
Privileges and Immunities clause |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Delgado |
466 U.S. 210 (1984) |
Fourth Amendment requirements for administrative searches |
| Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. |
466 U.S. 485 (1984) |
appellate courts may make finding of "actual malice" required for libel claims against public figures by the First Amendment |
| Strickland v. Washington |
466 U.S. 668 (1984) |
standard for ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment |
| Members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent |
466 U.S. 789 (1984) |
First Amendment regulation of posting of campaign signs |
| Waller v. Georgia |
467 U.S. 39 (1984) |
Sixth Amendment right to a public trial |
| South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke |
467 U.S. 82 (1984) |
market participant exception to the Dormant Commerce Clause |
| United States v. Gouveia |
467 U.S. 180 (1984) |
right to counsel for prisoners under administrative segregation |
| Bernal v. Fainter |
467 U.S. 216 (1984) |
citizenship of notaries public |
| Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff |
467 U.S. 229 (1984) |
land use law, takings to redistribute private property |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Stevic |
467 U.S. 407 (1984) |
aliens must establish a clear probability of persecution to avoid deportation |
| California v. Trombetta |
467 U.S. 479 (1984) |
preservation of breath samples in DUI cases not required under the Due Process Clause |
| New York v. Quarles |
467 U.S. 649 (1984) |
Miranda rights |
| Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council |
467 U.S. 837 (1984) |
judicial review of the interpretation of statutes by government agencies |
| FCC v. League of Women Voters of California |
468 U.S. 364 (1984) |
revert regulation on "editorializing" by government funded broadcasters |
| Roberts v. United States Jaycees |
468 U.S. 609 (1984) |
First Amendment freedom of association and excluding women as members of a private club |
| Regan v. Time, Inc. |
468 U.S. 641 (1984) |
artistic depictions of United States currency |
| Allen v. Wright |
468 U.S. 737 (1984) |
standing to sue for executive action alleged to promote racial discrimination by third parties |
| United States v. Leon |
468 U.S. 897 (1984) |
search and seizure, "good faith" exception to exclusionary rule |
| Mills Music, Inc v. Snyder |
469 U.S. 153 (1985) |
assignment of royalties under the Copyright Act |
| New Jersey v. T. L. O. |
469 U.S. 325 (1985) |
search & seizure at a public high school |
| Evitts v. Lucey |
469 U.S. 387 (1985) |
effective assistance of counsel in appeals in criminal cases |
| Wainwright v. Witt |
469 U.S. 412 (1985) |
selection of jurors in death penalty cases |
| Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority |
469 U.S. 528 (1985) |
application of minimum wage laws to state governments |
| Ake v. Oklahoma |
470 U.S. 68 (1985) |
right of the accused asserting insanity to a state-appointed psychiatrist |
| Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper |
470 U.S. 274 (1985) |
residency requirements for membership in the state bar |
| Oregon v. Elstad |
470 U.S. 298 (1985) |
applying the exclusionary rule to violations of the Miranda rights |
| Heckler v. Chaney |
470 U.S. 821 (1985) |
forcing the Food and Drug Administration to determine whether it is legal to use certain drugs for lethal injection |
| Tennessee v. Garner |
471 U.S. 1 (1985) |
Restriction on the use of deadly force as part of the Fleeing felon rule. |
| Burger King v. Rudzewicz |
471 U.S. 462 (1985) |
personal jurisdiction, "purposeful availment" |
| Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises |
471 U.S. 539 (1985) |
fair use of copyrighted material |
| Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth |
471 U.S. 681 (1985) |
The Securities Act of 1933 and the "sale of business" doctrine |
| Wallace v. Jaffree |
472 U.S. 38 (1985) |
school sponsorship of voluntary religious observances |
| Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. |
472 U.S. 491 (1985) |
regulation of adult bookstores |
| Mitchell v. Forsyth |
472 U.S. 511 (1985) |
civil liability for conducting warrantless wiretaps |
| Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. |
472 U.S. 585 (1985) |
antitrust and alteration of marketing cooperation agreement |
| Thornton v. Caldor |
472 U.S. 703 (1985) |
constitutionality of Sabbath laws |
| Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders |
472 U.S. 749 (1985) |
First Amendment, libel in credit reporting |
| Dowling v. United States |
473 U.S. 207 (1985) |
copyright infringement as theft |
| Aguilar v. Felton |
473 U.S. 402 (1985) |
using federal funds to pay teachers in parochial schools under the Establishment Clause |
| City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. |
473 U.S. 432 (1985) |
equal protection for the mentally disabled |
| United States v. Montoya de Hernandez |
473 U.S. 531 (1985) |
constitutionality of body cavity searches at the border under the Fourth Amendment |
| Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. |
473 U.S. 568 (1985) |
Article III and the arbitration provisions of FIFRA |
| United States v. Bagley |
473 U.S. 667 (1985) |
prosecutors must disclose information useful for impeaching government witnesses under Brady v. Maryland |
| Witters v. Washington Department of Services For the Blind |
474 U.S. 481 (1985) |
constitutionality of public aid paid directly to students of Christian colleges |
| Vasquez v. Hillery |
474 U.S. 254 (1986) |
race discrimination in selecting grand juries |
| Cabana v. Bullock |
474 U.S. 376 (1986) |
appellate courts may make the finding required by Enmund v. Florida in the first instance |
| Nix v. Whiteside |
475 U.S. 157 (1986) |
presentation of perjured testimony at a criminal trial; Sixth Amendment right to counsel |
| Fisher v. City of Berkeley |
475 U.S. 260 (1986) |
rent control ordinances and the Sherman Antitrust Act |
| Goldman v. Weinberger |
475 U.S. 503 (1986) |
religious headwear for military personnel under the Establishment Clause |
| Michigan v. Jackson |
475 U.S. 625 (1986) |
suspect confessions and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel |
| Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps |
475 U.S. 767 (1986) |
First Amendment constraints on libel actions; private-figure plaintiffs must show falsity of statements |
| Batson v. Kentucky |
476 U.S. 79 (1986) |
peremptory challenge, racial discrimination |
| Poland v. Arizona |
476 U.S. 147 (1986) |
reimposing the death penalty after the underlying murder conviction has been vacated |
| Dow Chemical Co. v. United States |
476 U.S. 227 (1986) |
aerial photography and the Fourth Amendment |
| Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority |
476 U.S. 573 (1986) |
price controls on alcoholic beverages and the Commerce Clause |
| Bowen v. Roy |
476 U.S. 693 (1986) |
freedom of religion and Social Security numbers |
| Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
476 U.S. 747 (1986) |
requiring "informed consent" before an abortion |
| Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson |
477 U.S. 57 (1986) |
"hostile work environment" as sexual harassment |
| McMillan v. Pennsylvania |
477 U.S. 79 (1986) |
mandatory minimum sentences are not elements of crimes subject to proof beyond a reasonable doubt |
| Maine v. Taylor |
477 U.S. 131 (1986) |
exception to Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Celotex Corp. v. Catrett |
477 U.S. 317 (1986) |
standard for summary judgment |
| Ford v. Wainwright |
477 U.S. 399 (1986) |
competence to be executed |
| Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court |
478 U.S. 1 (1986) |
First Amendment free press guarantee and the right to a transcript of a preliminary hearing |
| Bowers v. Hardwick |
478 U.S. 186 (1986) |
sodomy and substantive due process; overruled by Lawrence v. Texas (2003) |
| Allen v. Illinois |
478 U.S. 364 (1986) |
statements made in civil commitment proceedings for sex offenders are not subject to the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination |
| Bethel School District v. Fraser |
478 U.S. 675 (1986) |
censorship of obscene speech at a school assembly |
| Bowsher v. Synar |
478 U.S. 714 (1986) |
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, office of Comptroller General, separation of powers |
| Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor |
478 U.S. 833 (1986) |
Jurisdiction of Article I and Article III tribunals, waiver of Article III jurisdiction |
| Retirement of Chief Justice Warren Burger, September 26, 1986 |
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