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Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief justice who presides over the Supreme Court of the United States to be the head of an era of the Court. [1] These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court.
The first case in which the Supreme Court found men faced sex discrimination. Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973) Sex-based discriminations are inherently suspect. A statute that automatically extends military benefits to the spouses of male members of the uniformed services, but requires the spouses of female members to prove they are ...
Sperry & Hutchinson Trading Stamp Co. 405 U.S. 233 (1972) FTC may act against a company’s “unfair” business practices even though the practice is not an antitrust violation. Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of California. 405 U.S. 251 (1972) States cannot sue for general economic damage due to violation of antitrust laws. Cruz v.
Quinn v. United States. 349 U.S. 155 (1955) Fifth Amendment rights with regards to Congressional investigations. Lucy v. Adams. Racial Segregation. 350 U.S. 1 (1955) established the right of all citizens to be accepted as students at the University of Alabama.
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the tenures of Chief Justices John Jay (October 19, 1789 – June 29, 1795), John Rutledge (August 12, 1795 – December 28, 1795), and Oliver Ellsworth (March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800), respectively the Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts.
This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. [1] [2] [3]Future argument dates are in parentheses; arguments in these cases have been scheduled, but have not, and potentially may not, take place.
This is a list of volumes of U.S. Reports, and the links point to the contents of each individual volume. Each volume was edited by one of the Reporters of Decisions of the Supreme Court. As of the beginning of the October 2019 Term, there were 574 bound volumes of the U.S. Reports. There were another 14 volumes worth of opinions available as ...
Hudson v. Michigan. 547 U.S. 586 (2006) evidence obtained with a search warrant is admissible even when police violate 'knock-and-announce' rule. Rapanos v. United States. 547 U.S. 715 (2006) whether wetlands are part of the "navigable waters of the United States" and thus regulated by the Clean Water Act. Davis v.