Landmark Supreme Court Cases
For each of the following Supreme Court cases, answer the following questions:
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What was the original complaint of the case (background info)?
What was the ruling issued by the Supreme Court?
Was there a dissenting opinion, and if so, why did the judge dissent?
Why is it considered a landmark, or significant, case?
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, KS