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GOPO SCOTUS Cases
SCOTUS Cases for Federalism unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dealt with Yazoo Islands land claim. Land was bought, claim was repealed, land was sold without clear title. Dealt with whether or not Native Americans originally held the claim. S.C. Ruled in favor of the defendant. | Fletcher v. Peck (1810) |
| Congress chartered a bank outside of Maryland and Maryland imposed a tax on all bills not minted in Maryland, but there was only one bank that wasn't chartered in Maryland. Plaintiff won because court invoked Elastic Clause. | McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) |
| One steamboat was licensed by Congress. A competeing steamboat was licensed by NY state legislature. Plaintiff won, arguing that under the Commerce Clause the steamboat licensed by the state legislature was invalid because it dealt with interstate travel. | Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) |
| A steel company fires 10 workers who tried to unionize. National board says they can't do that, steel company wins in local courts that they can. S.C. says that they have to listen to National Board because it deals with commerce. | National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel (1937) |
| A farmer grows wheat to feed his chickens. The amount of wheat grown exceeds a federal limit imposed on farmers and the extra must be destroyed and the farmer has to pay a fine. Farmer said that Congress couldn't regulate the wheat. S.C. said they could. | Wickard v. Filburn (1942) |
| A motel protests the civil rights act, saying that they are not involved in interstate commerce. S.C. says they are and enacts the Commerce clause. | Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964) |
| Congress passes law intending to keep states from lowering drinking age, by withholding taxes. South Dakota sued, S.C. said Congress was using Taxing and Spending Clauses. | South Dakota v. Dole (1987) |
| A 12th grader brings a gun to school and was charged with violating a Congressional Act banning guns on school campuses. The student said this was unconstitutional. S.C. agreed, saying that public schools were not involved in interstate commerce. | United States v. Lopez (1995) |
| Congress had an Act which compelled states to apply certain gun laws. Two men filed simultaneous suits saying this was unconstitutional. S.C. agreed. | Printz v. United States (1997) |
| A VT Freshman was assulted and raped by members of the school's football team. When the state jury failed to convict, the plaintiff filed a suit under the VAW Act. S.C. declared the act unconstitutional, as crimes are not regulated by the commerce clause. | United States v. Morrison (2000) |
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