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TAKS Court Cases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 Segregation allowed if equal facilities are provided |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas | 1954 declared racial segregation in public education unconstitutional |
| Muller v. Oregon | 1908 Limited the employment of women in hazardous industries |
| Baker v. Carr | 1962 Upheld the principle of "one man, one vote" Equalized representation |
| Reynolds v. Simms | 1964 Ruled that all state and local legislative bodies had to be apportioned on a one man one vote principle, supported equal representation |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | 1963 Courts required state courts to provide a lawyer in criminal cases to anyone who could not afford to hire one |
| Escobedo v. Illinois | 1964 The Court declares that an accused person has a right to have an attorney present when being questioned by police |
| Miranda V. Arizona | 1966 The court ruled that police must inform suspects of their legal rights at the time of arrest |
| Regents of California v. Bakke | 1978 Ruled that Allan Bakke was a victim of reverse discrimination; did not overturn affirmative action, preferring to take discrimination questions on a case by case basis |