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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816)
Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
Ex parte McCardle (1869)
United States v. Klein (1871)
Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. (1995)
City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
United States v. E.C. Knight Co. (1895)
Champion v. Ames (1903)
Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)
Wickard v. Filburn (1942)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)
Katzenbach v. McClung (1964)
United States v. Lopez (1995)
United States v. Morrison (2000)
Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
NFIB v. Sebelius (2012)
Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852)
Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. (1970)
Hughes v. Oklahoma (1979)
Maine v. Taylor (1986)
New Energy Co. v. Limbach (1988)
West Lynn Creamery v. Healy (1994)
Printz v. United States (1997)
Murphy v. NCAA (2018)
Bailey v. Drexel Furniture (1922)
United States v. Butler (1936)
South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
NFIB v. Sebelius (2012) (Medicaid Expansion)
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
United States v. Nixon (1974)
Clinton v. Jones (1997)
Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982)
Trump v. Vance (2020)
Zivotofsky v. Kerry (2015)
INS v. Chadha (1983)
Bowsher v. Synar (1986)
Mistretta v. United States (1989)
Trump v. Hawaii (2018)
Lochner v. New York (1905)
Nebbia v. New York (1934)
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)
Meyer v. Nebraska (1923)
Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Buchanan v. Warley (1917)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Brown v. Board of Education II (1955)
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Washington v. Davis (1976)
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp. (1977)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)
City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District (2007)
Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC (2023)
Reed v. Reed (1971)
Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)
Craig v. Boren (1976)
United States v. Virginia (1996)
Nguyen v. INS (2001)
Sessions v. Morales-Santana (2017)
Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center (1985)
Romer v. Evans (1996)
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)
Plyler v. Doe (1982)
Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia (1976)
Graham v. Richardson (1971)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
Miller v. California (1973)
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)
Virginia v. Black (2003)
Morse v. Frederick (2007)
Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
McCutcheon v. FEC (2014)
Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015)
Janus v. AFSCME (2018)
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (2018)
Iancu v. Brunetti (2019)
Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski (2021)
Shurtleff v. City of Boston (2022)
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Employment Division v. Smith (1990)
Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. Hialeah (1993)
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014)
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer (2017)
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado (2018)
American Legion v. American Humanist Association (2019)
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020)
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (2021)
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
Katz v. United States (1967)
United States v. Jones (2012)
Riley v. California (2014)
Carpenter v. United States (2018)
Florida v. Jardines (2013)
Whren v. United States (1996)
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (2001)
Kyllo v. United States (2001)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Dickerson v. United States (2000)
Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)
Adarand Constructors v. Peña (1995)
Berghuis v. Thompkins (2010)
Salinas v. Texas (2013)
North Carolina v. Pearce (1969)
United States v. Hubbell (2000)
Chavez v. Martinez (2003)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Strickland v. Washington (1984)
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)
Crawford v. Washington (2004)
Blakely v. Washington (2004)
Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000)
Rompilla v. Beard (2005)
Padilla v. Kentucky (2010)
Missouri v. Frye (2012)
Lafler v. Cooper (2012)
Hurricane v. Florida (2016)
McCoy v. Louisiana (2018)
Ramos v. Louisiana (2020)
Edwards v. Vannoy (2021)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Coker v. Georgia (1977)
Lockett v. Ohio (1978)
Tison v. Arizona (1987)
Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988)
Stanford v. Kentucky (1989)
Penry v. Lynaugh (1989)
Atkins v. Virginia (2002)
Roper v. Simmons (2005)
Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
Graham v. Florida (2010)
Miller v. Alabama (2012)
Glossip v. Gross (2015)
Bucklew v. Precythe (2019)
Lochner v. New York (1905)
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health (2022)
Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
Meyer v. Nebraska (1923)
Buck v. Bell (1927)
Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)
Cruzan v. Director, MDH (1990)
Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)
Brnovich v. DNC (2021)
Allen v. Milligan (2023)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Crawford v. Marion County (2008)
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
McCutcheon v. FEC (2014)
Arizona Free Enterprise v. Bennett (2011)
Davis v. Bandemer (1986)
Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004)
Moore v. Harper (2023)
Pierson v. Post (1805)
Ghen v. Rich (1881)
Keeble v. Hickeringill (1707)
Popov v. Hayashi (2002)
Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823)
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States (1955)
Goddard v. Winchell (1892)
Armory v. Delamirie (1722)
Hannah v. Peel (1945)
Eads v. Brazelton (1861)
Haslem v. Lockwood (1871)
McAvoy v. Medina (1866)
Newman v. Sathyavaglswaran (2002)
Moore v. Regents of the University of California (1990)
Baker v. Weedon (1972)
White v. Brown (1977)
Symphony Space v. Pergola Properties (1996)
Estate of Ghiglia v. Commissioner (1989)
Mountain Brow Lodge No. 82 v. Toscano (1968)
Mahrenholz v. County Board of School Trustees (1981)
Brown v. Independent Baptist Church of Woburn (1950)
Delfino v. Vealencis (1980)
Spiller v. Mackereth (1976)
Riddle v. Harmon (1980)
United States v. Craft (2002)
Sawada v. Endo (1977)
O'Keeffe v. Snyder (1980)
Javins v. First National Realty Corp. (1970)
Hilder v. St. Peter (1984)
Sommer v. Kridel (1977)
Berg v. Wiley (1978)
Ernst v. Conditt (1964)
Kendall v. Pestana (1985)
Williams v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. (1949)
City of Virginia Beach v. ESG Enterprises (1994)
Brown v. Safeway Stores (1980)
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
Neponsit Property Owners' Association v. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank (1938)
Sanborn v. McLean (1925)
Rick v. West (1962)
Van Sandt v. Royster (1938)
Holbrook v. Taylor (1976)
Brown v. Voss (1986)
State ex rel. Thornton v. Hay (1969)
Prah v. Maretti (1982)
Fontainebleau Hotel Corp. v. Forty-Five Twenty-Five, Inc. (1959)
Acton v. Blundell (1843)
Katz v. Walkinshaw (1903)
United States v. Causby (1946)
Tyler v. Wilkinson (1827)
Keys v. Romley (1966)
Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co. (1882)
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon (1922)
Miller v. Schoene (1928)
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. (1926)
Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City (1978)
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)
Dolan v. City of Tigard (1994)
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987)
Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. (1982)
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (2002)
Hadacheck v. Sebastian (1915)
Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins (1980)
International Shoe Co. v. Washington (1945)
Pennoyer v. Neff (1878)
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson (1980)
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz (1985)
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court (1987)
J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro (2011)
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown (2011)
Daimler AG v. Bauman (2014)
Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (2021)
Shaffer v. Heitner (1977)
Burnham v. Superior Court (1990)
Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (1982)
Kulko v. Superior Court (1978)
McGee v. International Life Insurance Co. (1957)
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute (1991)
Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. (1972)
Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert (1947)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley (1908)
Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Mfg. (2005)
Gunn v. Minton (2013)
Strawbridge v. Curtiss (1806)
Mas v. Perry (1974)
Hertz Corp. v. Friend (2010)
Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L.P. (2004)
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services (2005)
Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger (1978)
United Mine Workers v. Gibbs (1966)
Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (1994)
Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co. (1999)
Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp. (2007)
Conley v. Gibson (1957)
Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly (2007)
Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2009)
Zielinski v. Philadelphia Piers, Inc. (1956)
Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A. (2002)
Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence & Coordination Unit (1993)
Dioguardi v. Durning (1944)
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938)
Guaranty Trust Co. v. York (1945)
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative (1958)
Hanna v. Plumer (1965)
Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. (1996)
Semtek International v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (2001)
Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance Co. (2010)
Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. (1980)
Hansberry v. Lee (1940)
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor (1997)
Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp. (1999)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (2011)
Comcast Corp. v. Behrend (2013)
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court (2017)
Campbell v. City of Los Angeles (2018)
Temple v. Synthes Corp. (1990)
Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson (1968)
Hickman v. Taylor (1947)
Upjohn Co. v. United States (1981)
Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart (1984)
Herbert v. Lando (1979)
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC (2003)
National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club (1976)
Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co. (1970)
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett (1986)
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. (1986)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp. (1986)
Scott v. Harris (2007)
Katz v. Children's Hospital of Orange County (2001)
Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie (1981)
Taylor v. Sturgell (2008)
Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore (1979)
Allen v. McCurry (1980)
San Remo Hotel, L.P. v. City and County of San Francisco (2005)
Montana v. United States (1979)
Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. (1949)
Mitchell v. Forsyth (1985)
Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment (1998)
Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis (1996)
Old Chief v. United States (1997)
Sprint/United Management Co. v. Mendelsohn (2008)
United States v. James (1998)
Michelson v. United States (1948)
Huddleston v. United States (1988)
United States v. Manske (2006)
State v. Williams (1983)
Williams v. New York (1949)
Dutton v. Evans (1970)
United States v. Inadi (1986)
Idaho v. Wright (1990)
White v. Illinois (1992)
Crawford v. Washington (2004)
Davis v. Washington (2006)
Giles v. California (2008)
Michigan v. Bryant (2011)
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (2009)
Bullcoming v. New Mexico (2011)
Williams v. Illinois (2012)
Ohio v. Clark (2015)
Jaffee v. Redmond (1996)
Swidler & Berlin v. United States (1998)
United States v. Nixon (1974)
University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC (1990)
Frye v. United States (1923)
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals (1993)
General Electric Co. v. Joiner (1997)
Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael (1999)
Weisgram v. Marley Co. (2000)
Walkovszky v. Carlton (1966)
Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Pepper Source (1991)
Consumer's Co-op of Walworth Co. v. Olsen (1988)
A. Gay Jenson Farms Co. v. Cargill, Inc. (1981)
Kinney Shoe Corp. v. Polan (1991)
Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. (1919)
Shlensky v. Wrigley (1968)
Sinclair Oil Corp. v. Levien (1971)
Schnell v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. (1971)
Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co. (1985)
Smith v. Van Gorkom (1985)
Blasius Industries, Inc. v. Atlas Corp. (1988)
In re Caremark International Inc. Derivative Litigation (1996)
Stone v. Ritter (2006)
Disney v. Walt Disney Co. (2006)
Kamin v. American Express Co. (1976)
Schreiber v. Pennzoil Co. (1985)
Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc. (1986)
Paramount Communications, Inc. v. Time Inc. (1989)
Paramount Communications, Inc. v. QVC Network, Inc. (1994)
eBay Domestic Holdings, Inc. v. Newmark (2010)
Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC (2015)
Moran v. Household International, Inc. (1985)
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. v. Airgas, Inc. (2011)
Guth v. Loft, Inc. (1939)
Broz v. Cellular Information Systems, Inc. (1996)
Weinberger v. UOP, Inc. (1983)
Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (2014)
Aronson v. Lewis (1984)
Zapata Corp. v. Maldonado (1981)
Joy v. North (1983)
Marx v. Akers (1996)
In re Oracle Corp. Derivative Litigation (2003)
SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. (1946)
SEC v. Ralston Purina Co. (1953)
Basic Inc. v. Levinson (1988)
TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. (1976)
Dirks v. SEC (1983)
United States v. O'Hagan (1997)
Chiarella v. United States (1980)
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano (2011)
Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (2008)
Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. (2010)
Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder (1976)
Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc. (1985)
Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores (1975)
Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green (1977)
Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo (2005)
Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. (2014)
Martin v. Peyton (1927)
National Biscuit Co. v. Stroud (1959)
Meinhard v. Salmon (1928)
Page v. Page (1961)
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