Bill of Rights Cases You Need to Know….
Cases
Commentary
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Schenck v. US (1919)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
NY Times Co. v. US (1971)
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart
(1976)
Stromberg v. California (1931)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)
NY Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)
Roth v. U.S. (1957)
Fighting words doctrine established. “…the lewd and obscene, the
profane, the libelous,” and (in this case) insulting or “fighting” words
neither contributed to the expression of ideas nor possessed any
“social value” in the search for truth.
Defined obscenity more strictly, as material whose "dominant theme
taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest" to the "average
person, applying contemporary community standards."
Miller v. California (1973)
Established the Miller Test
U.S. v. Miller (1939)
Upholds gun law
D.C. v. Heller (2008)
Incorporates 2nd amendment
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Inadmissible evidence gained in illegal search
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Miranda warning
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Right to counsel
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
(1989)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)
Gonzales v. Carhart (2007)
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Gonzales v. Oregon (2006)
Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
U.S. v. Windsor (2013)
Other cases to know:
Marbury v. Madison
McCullough v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Korematsu v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Buckley v. Valeo
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Baker v. Carr