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Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880) The exclusion of individuals from juries solely because of their race is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. This was the first time that the Supreme Court reversed a state criminal conviction due to a violation of a constitutional provision concerning criminal procedure. Yick Wo v.
"Leading case" is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions instead of "landmark case", as used in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Commonwealth countries, a reported decision is said to be a leading decision when it has come to be generally regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
List of early landmark court cases; List of UK parliamentary election petitions; List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office; List of decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal relating to Article 52(2) and (3) EPC
This is a list of judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between the court's inception on 1 October 2009 and the most recent judgments. Cases are listed in order of their neutral citation and where possible a link to the official text of the decision in PDF format has been provided.
The following is a complete list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court organized by volume of the United States Reports in which they appear. This is a list of volumes of U.S. Reports, and the links point to the contents of each individual volume.
Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts (October 19, 1789 – December 15, 1800); Marshall Court (February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835); Taney Court (March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864)
A State may sue in the Supreme Court to enjoin payment of a judgment on foreign debt until it can be ascertained to whom the money belongs Hayburn's Case: 2 U.S. 409 (1792) justiciability and separation of powers: Georgia v. Brailsford: 2 U.S. 415 (1793) suits in which states may be a party; continuation of Georgia v. Brailsford (1792) Chisholm ...
This page lists legal decisions of the House of Lords. Until 30 September 2009, the House of Lords was the highest appellate court for the United Kingdom. Cases were determined not by the House of Lords itself, but by its Judicial Committee, consisting of up to nine legally qualified peers, generally referred to as "Law Lords".