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Supreme Court Cases

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Marbury v. Madison   (1803 Marshall) Established constitutionality of judicial review.  
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McCulloch v. Maryland   (1819 Marshall) States cannot tax fed. gov. (Bank of US constitutional)  
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward   (1819 Marshall) upholds sanctity of contracts  
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Gibbons v. Ogden   (1824 Marshall) Clarified commerce clause, Congressional power over interstate commerce  
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia   (1831 Marchall) Trust relationship of NA tribes under fed authority  
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Commonwealth v. Hunt   (1842 Taney) Labor Unions lawful organizations and strikes legal  
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Scott v. Sanford   (1857 Taney) Dred Scott an escaped slave-ruled not a citizen- had returned to Missouri but was captured. Congress no power to declare territory slave, voided Missouri Compromise of 1820.  
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Plessy v. Ferguson   (1896) Legalized Segregation in publicly owned facilities on basis of "separate but equal"  
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U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co.   (1895) Due to narrow interpretation of Sherman Anti-Trust Act, court undermined authority of federal government.  
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Northern Securities Co. v. US   (1904) Re-established Sherman anti-trust authority of federal gov.  
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Lochner v. New York   (1905) Declared unconstitutional a New York Act limiting working hours of bakers due to denial of 14th Amendment Rights  
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Schenck v. US   (1919) Upheld Espionage Act of 1917, freedom of speech not absolute  
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Schechter v. US   (1936) “the sick chicken case”, declared National Industrial Recovery Act (part of FDR's New Deal) unconstitutional  
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Korematsu v. US   (1941) upheld detention camps for Japanese-Americans during WW II  
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Brown v. Board of Ed. Topeka, Kansas   (1954 Warren) declaring “seperate but equal” unconstitutional  
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Gideon v. Wainwright   (1963) allows defendant right of counsel regardless of their ability to pay  
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Escobedo v. Illinois   (1964) defendant must be allowed access to a lawyer before questioning  
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Miranda v. Arizona   (1966) if subjected to in-custody interrogation be advised of right of an attorney and right to remain silent  
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Roe v. Wade   (1973) legalized abortion during first three months of pregnancy  
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US v. Richard Nixon   (1974) rejected Nixon's claim to absolute privilege against judicial process  
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