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This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 during the tenure of Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal courts and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. was a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician from the State of New York. He served as Governor of New York , United States Secretary of State , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States ....
 (February 24, 1930 through June 30, 1941).

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Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. was a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician from the State of New York. He served as Governor of New York , United States Secretary of State , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States ....
, February 24, 1930 |- | Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl

Lucas v. Earl, Case citation , is a United States Supreme Court case concerning taxation, about a man who reported only half of his earnings for years 1920 and 1921....
 | | origin of Assignment of income doctrine
Assignment of income doctrine

The assignment of income doctrine is a judicial doctrine developed in United States case law by courts trying to limit tax evasion. The assignment of income doctrine seeks to "preserve the progressive rate structure of Internal Revenue Code by prohibiting the splitting of income among taxable entities."...
, contract to divide income between husband and wife |- | United States v. Sprague
United States v. Sprague

United States v. Sprague, was a Supreme Court of the United States case that dealt with the Article Five of the United States Constitution....
 | | Tenth Amendment |- | McBoyle v. United States
McBoyle v. United States

McBoyle v. United States, Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States case....
 | | National Motor Vehicle Theft Act held not to apply to aircraft
Aircraft

An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to flight by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere, of a planet. Examples include balloons, airplanes and helicopters....
 |- | Stromberg v. California
Stromberg v. California

Stromberg v. California, Case citation was a Supreme Court of the United States case in which the Court ruled 7-2 that a 1919 California statute banning red flags was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution....
 | | constitutionality of California red flag-banning statute, freedom of symbolic speech |- | Burnet v. Logan
Burnet v. Logan

Burnet v. Logan, , 51 S.Ct. 550, 75 L.Ed. 1143 was a case before the United States Supreme Court....
 | | Cost basis
Cost basis

Basis , as used in United States tax law, is the original cost of property adjusted for factors such as depreciation. When property is sold, the difference between the sale price and basis is the income or loss reported at that time on U.S....
 must be recovered before taxpayer realizes any taxable income
Taxable income

Taxable income is the portion of income that is the subject of taxation according to the laws that determine what is income and the taxation rate for that income....
 |- | Near v. Minnesota
Near v. Minnesota

Near v. Minnesota, Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States decision that recognized the freedom of the press from prior restraints on publication, a principle that was applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence....
 | | freedom of speech, prior restraints |- | United States v. Kirby Lumber Co.
United States v. Kirby Lumber Co.

United States v. Kirby Lumber Co., Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that when a corporation settles its debts for less than the face amount, a Taxation in the United States has occurred....
 | | taxation of gain on reduction of debt |- | Blackmer v. United States
Blackmer v. United States

Blackmer v. United States , , is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.Harry M. Blackmer was a United States citizen resident in Paris....
 | | International law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
 and 5th Amendment
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure....
 allowed U.S.






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This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 during the tenure of Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal courts and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. was a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician from the State of New York. He served as Governor of New York , United States Secretary of State , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States ....
 (February 24, 1930 through June 30, 1941).

1930–1939

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Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. was a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician from the State of New York. He served as Governor of New York , United States Secretary of State , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States ....
, February 24, 1930 |- | Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl

Lucas v. Earl, Case citation , is a United States Supreme Court case concerning taxation, about a man who reported only half of his earnings for years 1920 and 1921....
 | | origin of Assignment of income doctrine
Assignment of income doctrine

The assignment of income doctrine is a judicial doctrine developed in United States case law by courts trying to limit tax evasion. The assignment of income doctrine seeks to "preserve the progressive rate structure of Internal Revenue Code by prohibiting the splitting of income among taxable entities."...
, contract to divide income between husband and wife |- | United States v. Sprague
United States v. Sprague

United States v. Sprague, was a Supreme Court of the United States case that dealt with the Article Five of the United States Constitution....
 | | Tenth Amendment |- | McBoyle v. United States
McBoyle v. United States

McBoyle v. United States, Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States case....
 | | National Motor Vehicle Theft Act held not to apply to aircraft
Aircraft

An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to flight by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere, of a planet. Examples include balloons, airplanes and helicopters....
 |- | Stromberg v. California
Stromberg v. California

Stromberg v. California, Case citation was a Supreme Court of the United States case in which the Court ruled 7-2 that a 1919 California statute banning red flags was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution....
 | | constitutionality of California red flag-banning statute, freedom of symbolic speech |- | Burnet v. Logan
Burnet v. Logan

Burnet v. Logan, , 51 S.Ct. 550, 75 L.Ed. 1143 was a case before the United States Supreme Court....
 | | Cost basis
Cost basis

Basis , as used in United States tax law, is the original cost of property adjusted for factors such as depreciation. When property is sold, the difference between the sale price and basis is the income or loss reported at that time on U.S....
 must be recovered before taxpayer realizes any taxable income
Taxable income

Taxable income is the portion of income that is the subject of taxation according to the laws that determine what is income and the taxation rate for that income....
 |- | Near v. Minnesota
Near v. Minnesota

Near v. Minnesota, Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States decision that recognized the freedom of the press from prior restraints on publication, a principle that was applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence....
 | | freedom of speech, prior restraints |- | United States v. Kirby Lumber Co.
United States v. Kirby Lumber Co.

United States v. Kirby Lumber Co., Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that when a corporation settles its debts for less than the face amount, a Taxation in the United States has occurred....
 | | taxation of gain on reduction of debt |- | Blackmer v. United States
Blackmer v. United States

Blackmer v. United States , , is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.Harry M. Blackmer was a United States citizen resident in Paris....
 | | International law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
 and 5th Amendment
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure....
 allowed U.S. government to retain jurisdiction over its citizens abroad |- | Blockburger v. United States
Blockburger v. United States

Blockburger v. United States, Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States set an important standard to prevent double jeopardy....
 | | standard for double jeopardy
Double jeopardy

Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being trial twice for the same crime on the same set of facts. At common law a defendant may plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict , meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense....
 |- | New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann
New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann

New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, Case citation , was a legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that due process prevented a state legislature from arbitrarily creating restrictions on new businesses only on the claim that their markets affected a public use....
 | | substantive due process |- | Nixon v. Condon
Nixon v. Condon

Nixon v. Condon, case citation , was a voting rights case decided by the United States Supreme Court of the United States, which found the all-white Democratic Party primary in Texas unconstitutional....
 | | White primaries
White primaries

White primaries were primary elections in the Southern States of the United States of America in which any non-White voter was prohibited from participating....
 in Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 violated Equal Protection Clause
Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to the United States Constitution, provides that "no state shall ......
 |- | North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet
North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet

North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet, Case citation , was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that established the claim of right doctrine....
 | | claim of right doctrine
Claim of right doctrine

In the tax law of the United States the claim of right doctrine causes a taxpayer to Recognition if they receive the income even though they do not have a fixed right to the income....
 in U.S. tax law
Tax law

Tax law is the codified system of laws that describes government levies on economic transactions, commonly called taxes....
 |- | Powell v. Alabama
Powell v. Alabama

Powell v. Alabama was a United States Supreme Court decision which determined that in a Capital punishment trial court, the defendant must be given access to counsel upon his or her own request as part of due process....
 | | access to counsel |- | Sorrells v. United States
Sorrells v. United States

Sorrells v. United States, Case citation , is a United States Supreme Court case in which the justices unanimously recognized the entrapment defense....
 | | Entrapment
Entrapment

Entrapment is the act of a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense which the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit....
 recognized as a valid defense |- | Burroughs v. United States
Burroughs v. United States

Burroughs v. United States Case citation is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which upheld as constitutional the financial disclosure and reporting requirements of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act....
 | | upholding the constitutionality of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act
Federal Corrupt Practices Act

The Federal Corrupt Practices Act was a federal law of the United States enacted in 1910 and amended in 1911 and 1925. It remained the nation's primary law regulating campaign finance in federal elections until the passage of the Federal Election Campaign Act in 1971....
 |- | Nebbia v. New York
Nebbia v. New York

Nebbia v. New York, Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States determined whether the state of New York could regulate the price of milk for dairy farmers, dealers, and retailers....
 | | Substantive Due Process
Due process

Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law of the land, instead of respecting merely some or most of those legal rights....
, economic regulation |- | Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan
Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan

Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, Case citation , also known as the Hot Oil case, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unconstitutional the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Administration's prohibition of interstate and foreign trade in petroleum goods produced in excess of state quotas—the "hot oil" orders adopt...
 | | delegation of authority, New Deal
New Deal

The New Deal was the name that United States President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of central economic planning and economic stimulus programs he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving aid to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and recovery of the Economy of the Unite...
 |- | Gregory v. Helvering
Gregory v. Helvering

Gregory v. Helvering, Case citation , was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court concerned with Income tax in the United States....
 | | tax law, business purpose doctrine |- | Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States

A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, Case citation , was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress's power under the commerce clause....
 | | interstate commerce, New Deal |- | Humphrey's Executor v. United States
Humphrey's Executor v. United States

Humphrey's Executor v. United States, Case citation , was a United States Supreme Court case decided during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidency, regarding the powers that a President of the United States has to remove certain executive officials for purely political reasons....
 | | administrative action, separation of powers
Separation of powers

Separation of powers, a term ascribed to France Age of Enlightenment political philosopher Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, is a model for the governance of democracy states, having its origins in an ancient idea of mixed government....
 |- | Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White
Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White

Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White, , was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States.The Oregon Division of Plant Industries, having been granted the power to prevent fraud or deception and to promote, protect, further or develop the horticultural interests of the state, prescribed the type, size and shape of container...
 | | early case on standard of review
Standard of review

In law, the standard of review is the amount of deference given by one court in reviewing a decision of a lower court or tribunal. A low standard of review means that the decision under review will be varied or overturned if the reviewing court considers there is any error at all in the lower court's decision....
 for regulation
Regulation

Regulation refers to "controlling human or societal behaviour by rules or restrictions." Regulation can take many forms: law restrictions promulgated by a government authority, self-regulation, social regulation , co-regulation and market regulation....
s |- | Fox Film Corp. v. Muller
Fox Film Corp. v. Muller

Fox Film Corp. v. Muller, Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that it cannot exert certiorari jurisdiction over a case in which there is an adequate and independent state law ground for the state court's final judgment....
 | | contract
Contract

A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do, or refrain from doing, an act which is enforceable in a court of law. It is a binding legal agreement....
 dispute, "adequate and independent state ground
Adequate and independent state ground

The adequate and independent state ground doctrine is a Legal doctrine of United States law governing the power of the U.S. Supreme Court to review judgments entered by state courts....
" |- | United States v. Constantine
United States v. Constantine

United States v. Constantine, Case citation was a case before the Supreme Court of the United States that concerned liquor laws and taxation in the United States....
 | | taxation of liquor |- | United States v. Butler
United States v. Butler

United States v. Butler, , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional....
 | | Taxation power, Tenth Amendment
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the United States Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Tenth Amendment restates the Constitution's principle of Federalism by providing that powers not granted to the National government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states and to the...
 |- | Grosjean v. American Press Co.
Grosjean v. American Press Co.

Grosjean v. American Press Co., Case citation , was a decision of the United States Supreme Court over a challenge to a separate sales tax on newspapers with circulation of over 20,000....
 | | Freedom of the press
Freedom of the press

Freedom of the press consists ofconstitutional or Statute protections pertaining to the Mass media and published materials.With respect to governmental information, any government distinguishes which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on classified information as sensitive, classified or secret and being...
, taxation of newspapers |- | Brown v. Mississippi
Brown v. Mississippi

Brown v. Mississippi, Case citation, , was a Supreme Court of the United States case that ruled that a defendant's confession that is extracted by police violence cannot be entered as evidence and violates the Due process#Due process in the United States....
 | | coerced confessions by means of violence |- | Wallace v. Cutten
Wallace v. Cutten

Wallace v. Cutten, Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the authority of the United States Secretary of Agriculture under the Grain Futures Act was limited to prevent continued violation of the act, not past violations....
 | | application of the Grain Futures Act
Grain Futures Act

The Grain Futures Act , is a United States federal law enacted September 21, 1922 involving the regulation of trading in certain commodity futures, and causing the establishment of the Grain Futures Administration, a predecessor organization to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission....
 |- | Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co.
Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co.

Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co., Case citation , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that an inquiry into Indispensable party would be unnecessary where the complaint did not state a cause of action....
 | | U.S. government
Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
 as an indispensable party
Indispensable party

An indispensable party is a Party in a lawsuit whose participation is required for jurisdiction or the purpose of rendering a Judgment . An indispensable party may usually be joinder at the Judicial discretion of the judge....
 |- | United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.

United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., Case citation , was a United States Supreme Court case involving principles of both governmental regulation of business and the supremacy of the executive branch of the Federal Government of the United States to conduct foreign affairs....
 | | export restrictions, Presidential power over international commerce |- | DeJonge v. Oregon
DeJonge v. Oregon

De Jonge v. Oregon, Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution's due process clause applies to freedom of assembly....
 | | 14th Amendment applied to freedom of assembly
Freedom of assembly

Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests....
 |- | West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish

'West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish', , was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States upholding the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation enacted by the State of Washington, overturning an earlier decision in Adkins v....
 | | freedom of contract, minimum wage
Minimum wage

A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly wage that employers may legally pay to employees or workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labor....
 laws; “the switch in time that saved nine
The switch in time that saved nine

?The switch in time that saved nine? is the name which was given to what was conventionally perceived as the sudden jurisprudence shift by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Owen J....
” |- | National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation

National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States case that declared that the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 was constitutional....
 | | interstate commerce; another consequence of “the switch in time that saved nine” |- | Steward Machine Company v. Davis
Steward Machine Company v. Davis

Steward Machine Company v. Davis, Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the unemployment compensation provisions of the Social Security Act of 1935....
 | | Court upholds the unemployment insurance provisions of the Social Security Act
Social Security (United States)

Social security in the United States currently refers to the Federal government of the United States Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program....
 |- | Palko v. Connecticut
Palko v. Connecticut

Palko v. Connecticut, , was a Supreme Court of the United States case concerning the Incorporation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution protection against double jeopardy....
 | | selective incorporation
Incorporation (Bill of Rights)

Incorporation is the United States legal doctrine by which portions of the United States Bill of Rights are applied to the U.S. state through the Due process#Interpretation of Due Process Clause in U.S....
, double jeopardy
Double jeopardy

Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being trial twice for the same crime on the same set of facts. At common law a defendant may plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict , meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense....
 |- | Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson

Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson, 303 U.S. 77 is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States dealt with corporate entities....
 | | |- | Lovell v. City of Griffin
Lovell v. City of Griffin

Lovell v. City of Griffin, GA, case citation , was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. This case was remarkable in its discussion of the requirement of persons to seek government sanction to distribute religious material....
 | | City ordinance requiring official permission to distribute literature held unconstitutionally broad |- | New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.
New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.

New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co., Case citation , was a landmark Supreme Court of the United States decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, safeguarding a right to boycott and in the struggle by African Americans against Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hiring practices....
 | | safeguard right to boycott and chips away at discriminatory
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency charged with ending employment discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability and retaliation for reporting and/or opposing a discriminatory practice....
 hiring practices against African Americans |- | Hale v. Kentucky
Hale v. Kentucky

Hale v. Kentucky, Case citation , was a United States Supreme Court case relating to racial discrimination in the selection of jury for criminal trials....
 | | exclusion of African Americans from juries |- | Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins

Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, case citation , was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that United States federal courts did not have the power to make up general federal common law when hearing state law claims under diversity jurisdiction....
 | | limiting general federal common law by requiring state law apply except where federal law exists |- | Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch
Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch

OverviewHinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co., Case citation , is a companion case to the well-known civil procedure case Erie Railroad Co....
 | | reaffirming existence of federal common law
Federal common law

Federal common law is a term of United States law used to describe common law that is developed by the United States federal courts, instead of by the courts of the various states....
 in other cases |- | United States v. Carolene Products Co.
United States v. Carolene Products Co.

United States v. Carolene Products Company, Case citation , was an April 25, 1938 decision by the United States Supreme Court. The case dealt with a federal law that prohibited filled milk from being shipped in interstate commerce....
 | | interstate commerce, substantive due process, and (in footnote four) equal protection |- | NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.
NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.

NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. case citation is a 7-to-0 decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that workers who strike action remain employees for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act ....
 | | Striking workers continue to be employees within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, but use of strikebreaker
Strikebreaker

A strikebreaker is a person who works despite an ongoing strike action. Strikebreakers are usually individuals who are not employed by the company prior to the trade union dispute, but rather hired prior to or during the strike to keep production or services going....
s is permissible |- | Johnson v. Zerbst
Johnson v. Zerbst

Johnson v. Zerbst, Case citation , was a United States Supreme Court case, in which the petitioner, Johnson, had been convicted in federal court of feloniously possessing, uttering, and passing counterfeit money in a trial where he had not been represented by an attorney but instead by himself....
 | | Sixth Amendment
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights which sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions in federal courts....
 right to counsel
Right to counsel

Right to counsel is currently generally regarded as a constituent of the right to a fair trial, allowing for the defendant to be assisted by counsel , and if he cannot afford his own lawyer, requiring that the government should appoint one for him, or pay his legal expenses....
 in federal criminal cases |- | Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.
Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.

Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co., Case citation , is a court case in which the appellee, the Yosemite Park & Curry Company, brought this suit to enjoin the State Board of Equalization and the California Attorney General from enforcing the 'Alcoholic Beverage Control Act' of the State of California, within the limits of Yosemite Natio...
 | | Twenty-first Amendment
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition in the United States....
 and the enforcement of state liquor laws in U.S. national parks
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 |- | Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States decision holding that states that provide a school to white students must provide in-state education to blacks as well....
 | | chipping away at separate but equal
Separate but equal

Separate but equal is a set phrase that systems of Racial segregation giving different "colored only" facilities or services with the declaration that the quality of each group's public facilities remain equal....
 education |- | United States v. Miller
United States v. Miller

United States v. Miller, Case citation , was the first Supreme Court of the United States decision to directly address the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution....
 | | Second Amendment
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects a right to keep and bear arms....
, right to bear arms
Right to bear arms

The right to keep and bear arms, RKBA, or right to bear arms is the concept that people, individually or collectively, have a right to weapons and is often referenced in discussions of gun politics and gun violence....
 |- | Coleman v. Miller
Coleman v. Miller

Coleman v. Miller, is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which clarified that if the Congress of the United States—when proposing for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution pursuant to Article Five of the United States Constitution thereof—chooses not to specify a deadline within w...
 | | length of time proposed Constitutional amendments remain pending |- | Hague v. CIO | | labor unions and freedom of assembly
Freedom of assembly

Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests....
 |- | Schneider v. New Jersey | | enforcement of littering ordinances and free speech |}

1940–1949

! style="background:#6699FF"|Case name ! style="background:#6699FF;width:15%"|Citation ! style="background:#6699FF;width:50%"|Summary |- | Chambers v. Florida
Chambers v. Florida

Chambers v. Florida, Case citation , was an important Supreme Court of the United States case that dealt with the extent that police pressure resulting in a criminal defendants confession violate the Due Process clause....
 | | coerced confessions in a murder
Murder

Murder as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent , and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide....
 case |- | Thornhill v. Alabama | | free speech clause of First Amendment
First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "Establishment Clause of the First Amendment" or that prohibit the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, laws that infringe the Freedom of speech in the United State...
 includes peaceful labor picketing |- | Cantwell v. Connecticut
Cantwell v. Connecticut

Cantwell v. Connecticut, Case citation , was a Supreme Court of the United States decision holding that Incorporation the First Amendment's protection of religious Free Exercise Clause against individual states ....
 | | incorporated Free Exercise Clause |- | United States v. American Trucking Associations
United States v. American Trucking Associations

United States v. American Trucking Associations, Case citation , was a landmark Supreme Court of the United States case which marked a shift from evaluating the "plain meaning" of statutes to a judicial effort to determine "legislative intent."...
 | | Motor Carrier Act
Motor Carrier Act

Motor Carrier Act may refer to* Motor Carrier Act of 1935, a United States federal law amending the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate bus lines and airlines as public utility....
 of 1935 did not empower the Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission was a regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which was signed into law by President of the United States Grover Cleveland....
 to regulate all employees of common and contract motor carriers, but rather only those whose duties affect safety of operation |- | Minersville School District v. Gobitis
Minersville School District v. Gobitis

Minersville School District v. Gobitis, , was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution....
 | | saluting the flag |- | Hansberry v. Lee
Hansberry v. Lee

Hansberry v. Lee, , is a famous case now usually known in civil procedure for teaching that res judicata may not bind a subsequent plaintiff who had no opportunity to be represented in the earlier civil action....
 | | res judicata
Res judicata

Res iudicata or res judicata is, in both civil law and common law legal systems, a case in which there has been a final judgment and is no longer subject to appeal....
 may not bind a subsequent plaintiff
Plaintiff

A plaintiff , also known as a claimant or complainant, is the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court. By doing so, the plaintiff seeks a legal remedy, and if successful, the court will issue judgment in favor of the plaintiff and make the appropriate court order ....
 who had no opportunity to be represented in the earlier civil action |- | Helvering v. Horst
Helvering v. Horst

'Helvering v. Horst', , is an opinion of the United States Supreme Court which further developed the ?fruit-and-tree? metaphor established in Lucas v....
 | | refinement of assignment of income doctrine
Assignment of income doctrine

The assignment of income doctrine is a judicial doctrine developed in United States case law by courts trying to limit tax evasion. The assignment of income doctrine seeks to "preserve the progressive rate structure of Internal Revenue Code by prohibiting the splitting of income among taxable entities."...
 |- | Sibbach v. Wilson
Sibbach v. Wilson

Sibbach v. Wilson, Case citation , was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the court held that important and substantial procedures are not substantive, rather they are still considered procedural, and federal law applies....
 | | Erie doctrine
Erie doctrine

In the law of the United States, Erie doctrine is a fundamental law doctrine of civil procedure mandating that a United States federal court in diversity jurisdiction must apply State law....
, applicability of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are rules governing civil procedure in United States district courts, that is, court procedures for civil suits....
 |- | Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co.
Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co.

Railroad Commission of Texas v. Pullman Co., Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States determined that it was appropriate for United States federal courts to abstention doctrine from hearing a case in order to allow state courts to decide substantial United States Constitution issues that touch upon sensit...
 | | Abstention doctrine
Abstention doctrine

An abstention doctrine is any of several doctrines that a court of law might apply to refuse to hear a case, when hearing the case would potentially intrude upon the powers of another court....
 |- | Cox v. New Hampshire
Cox v. New Hampshire

Cox v. New Hampshire, Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, although the government cannot regulate the contents of speech, it can place reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on speech for the public safety....
 | | petitions on public property |- | United States v. Darby Lumber Co.
United States v. Darby Lumber Co.

United States v. Darby Lumber Co., Case citation , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, holding that the United States Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions....
 | | power of Congress to regulate employment conditions; Commerce Clause
Commerce Clause

The Commerce Clause is an Enumerated powers listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Indian tribes....
 |- | United States v. Classic
United States v. Classic

United States v. Classic Case citation was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that the United States Constitution empowered United States Congress to regulate primary elections and political party nominations procedures?but only in cases where state law made primaries and nominations part of the election and/or whenever the pr...
 | | power of the federal government to regulate primary elections |}