Civil Rights Court Cases to Know
Dred Scott v Sanford (1857)
Brown v Board of Education (1954)
Swann v Charlott-Mechlenberg County Schools Busing to be used
Guinn v United States (1915) Literacy tests
Reed v Reed Outlawed laws based on arbitrary gender bias (1971)
University of CA v Bakke (1978) Allows universities to consider race as admission factor, quotas unconstitutional
Roth v United States (1957) Obscenity is not protected by first amendment
Texas v Johnson (1989) Symbolic acts protected as free speech Flag burning
Mapp v Ohio Exclusionary rule prohibits evidence obtained without warrent
Miranda v Arizona (1966)
Gideon v Wainwright (1963) Guarantees all accused persons right to be represented by an attorney
Gregg v Georgia (1976) Death penalty legal
Roe v Wade (1973)
Webster v Reproductive Health Services (1989)
Laws and Statutes 14th Amendment—Equal Protection Clause
4th Amendment-search and seizures
19th Amendment 1920
Civil Rights Act 1964
Voting Rights Act 1965
ADA 1990