| Case |
Summary |
| Benton v. Maryland | No double jeopardy |
| In Re Oliver | Trials to be public |
| Parker v. Gladden | Right to an impartial jury |
| Klopfer v. NC | right to a speedy trial |
| Washington v. Texas | right to subpoena witnesses |
| Duncan v. Louisiana | state-guaranteed right to a trial |
| DeJonge v. Oregon | right to assemble no matter what the cause |
| Wilkins v. Missouri | death penalty on 16 and 17yo's ok |
| Wallace v. Jaffree | moment of silence can't be held if it's religious |
| Vernonia School District v. Acto | random drug tests on school athletes not in violation of 4th |
| United States v. O'Brien | burning of draft cards not symbolic speech |
| Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education | Busing to help integration |
| Printz v. US | Right of congress to force police to perform background checks on those purchasing handguns not a part of the elastic clause |
| Near v. Minnesota | censorship |
| Miller v. Johnson | Gerrymandering illegal based on Equal Protection |
| Miller v. California | defined "obscenity" |
| Katz v. US | 4th amendments extended to electronic invasions of privacy |
| Hodgson v. Minnesota | 1 parent to be notified and 48 hr waiting period; parent notification could be waived under certain cases |
| Dolan v. City of Tigard | cannot give up part of property to get a permit; needs reasonable explanation |
| Dickerson v. US | Miranda rights extended to State and Federal courts |
| California v. Greenwood | Garbage bags can be searched by police in order to obtain warrant or gather criminal evidence |
| Branzburg v. Hayes | Requiring newsman to appear and testify before the state or federal grand juries does not abridge the freedom of speech and press guaranteed by the First Amendment. |
| Brandenburg v. Ohio | allows all political speech, unless it results in lawlessness |
| Bethel School District v. Frazier | adults have more rights in schools |
| Arizona v. Fulimante | coerced confession does not automatically taint trial |
| Abington Township v. Schempp | Required the reading from the bible each day at school as an all school activity. |
| Argersinger v. Hamlin | John Argersinger was charged for carrying a concealed weapon; Right to Counsel for misdemeanors |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | T.L.O. was caught smoking in the bathroom at school. The principle searched her purse and found all sorts of drugs |
| Olmstead v. United States | Without approval, agents installed wiretaps in his home and street |
| South Dakota v. Opperman | While searching a car that was impounded, the police found marijuana. The searched without a warrant. It was still legal. |
| United States v. Santana | Using Marked Money, police officers made an undercover heroin buy from a third party |
| Worcester v. Georgia | Two protestants were convicted for residing on Indian lands |
| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire | Fighting Words Doctrine-Words that tend to incite or inflict injury by their very utterance |
| Roth v. U.S | Obscenity not constitutionally protected |
| Zorach v. Clauson | Release time for prayers doesn't violate 1st |
| Epperson v. Arkansas | Struck down law forbidding teaching of evolution |
| Lee v. Weisman | School officials cannot invite clergy for reciting prayer at graduation ceremonies |
| Stack v. Boyle | Excessive bail |
| Gregg v. Georgia | Death penalty does not violate cruel and unusual punishment if administered fairly |
| Roe v. Wade | abortion rights |
| Griswold v. Connecticut | marital privacy |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke | affirmative action in school acceptance |
| Grutter v. Bollinger | racial diversity/affirmative action |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | right to be represented in court |
| Mapp v. Ohio | search and seizure |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman | funding for church related educational institutions |
| Yates v. US | Smith Act (communists plotting to overthrow government) |
| Bush v. Gore | constitutionallity of the recount |
| Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore | private property for public use |
| Miranda v. Arizona | police must read off your rights |
| Reynolds v. United States | religion/rights of more then one husband or wife |
| Baker v. Carr | reapportionment |
| Schenck v. US | free speech |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. | search and seizure of a persons personal belongings |
