SUpreme Court Cases

SUpreme Court Cases Marbury v. Madison, 1803 Marshall Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Marbury v. Madison, 1803 Marshall Fletcher v. Peck, 1810 Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

SUpreme Court Cases Cohens v. Virginia, 1821 Marshall Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Cohens v. Virginia, 1821 Marshall Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1830 Worchester v. Georgia, 1832

SUpreme Court Cases Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 1837 Taney Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 1837 Taney Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 Ex Parte Milligan, 1866 Chase Slaughter-house Cases, 1873 Munn v. Illinois, 1877 Waite

SUpreme Court Cases Wabash v. Illinois, 1886 Waite Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Wabash v. Illinois, 1886 Waite US v. EC Knight Co., 1895 Fuller Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 Insular Cases, 1901-1905

SUpreme Court Cases Northern Securities v. US, 1904 Fuller Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Northern Securities v. US, 1904 Fuller Lochner v. New York, 1905 Muller v. Oregon, 1908 Schenck v. US, 1919 White

SUpreme Court Cases US v. Butler, 1936 Hughes Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome US v. Butler, 1936 Hughes Schecter Poultry v. US, 1936 West Virginia State B.O.E. v. Barnette, 1943 Stone Korematsu v. US, 1944

SUpreme Court Cases Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Mendez v. Westminster, 1947 Vinson Sweatt v. Painter, 1950 McLaurin v. Oklahoma Board of Regents, 1950 Dennis v. US, 1951

SUpreme Court Cases Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Brown v. Board, 1954 Warren Engel v. Vitale, 1962 Abington School District v. Schempp, 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963

SUpreme Court Cases Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Escobedo v. Illinois, 1964 Warren Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US, 1964 Griswold v Connecticut, 1965 Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

SUpreme Court Cases Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Loving v. Virginia, 1967 Warren Tinker v. Des Moines, 1969 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 1970 Burger New York Times v. US, 1971

SUpreme Court Cases Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Roe v. Wade, 1973 Burger US v. Nixon, 1974 Regents v. Bakke, 1978 Texas v. Johnson, 1989

SUpreme Court Cases Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Bush v. Gore, 2000 Rehn-quist Boy Scouts v. Dale, 2000 Lawrence v. Texas, 2003 Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 2004

SUpreme Court Cases Case Name & Year Chief Justice Issue Background Outcome Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 2006 Roberts Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 2010 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 2012 U.S. v. Windsor, 2013

SUpreme Court Cases Group Discussion 1) Identify three cases you believe were the most important or “earth-shaking” and explain why. 2) Identify three cases where you believe the court made a mistake or an unjust decision and explain why you believe so. 3) Choose the single most influential chief justice and evaluate his impact. 4) Predict a case you believe may be overturned in the future and explain why it may be overturned. 5) Evaluate the relative power of the Supreme Court, the president and Congress in shaping our laws, economy and society.

Famous Trials See here: http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrials/ Trial & Year Issue Significance Anne Hutchinson Trial, 1637 Salem Witchcraft Trials, 1692 John Peter Zenger Trial, 1735 Boston Massacre Trial, 1770 Amistad Trial, 1839-1840 Johnson Impeachment, 1868 Susan B. Anthony Trial, 1873 Haymarket Trial, 1886

Famous Trials See here: http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrials/ Trial & Year Issue Significance Sacco & Vanzetti Trial, 1921 Scopes “Monkey” Trial, 1925 Scottsboro Boys Trials, 1931-1937 Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1949 Rosenberg Trial, 1951 My Lai Courts Martial, 1970 Dan White Trial, 1973 Clinton Impeachment, 1999