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Chisholm v. Georgia 2 U.S. 419 (1793) is considered the first United States Supreme Court case of significance and impact. Given its date there is little available legal precedent (particularly […]

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public […]

Bush v. Gore 531 U.S. 98 (2000) is the United States Supreme Court decision that effectively resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. Three days earlier the Court had […]

Dred Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 (1857) was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans whether slave or free could […]

Roe v. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973) is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. Decided simultaneously with a companion case Doe v. […]

Brown v. Board of Education 347 U.S. 483 (1954) was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black […]

Edwards v. Aguillard 482 U.S. 578 (1987) was a legal case about the teaching of creationism that was heard by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1987. The […]

Eldred v. Ashcroft 537 U.S. 186 (2003) was a court case in the United States challenging the constitutionality of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA). Oral argument […]

Marbury v. Madison 5 U.S. 137 (1803) was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the […]