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United States v. Alvarez , 567 U.S. 709 (2012), is a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was unconstitutional. The Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was a federal law that criminalized false statements about having a military medal.
The landmark lawsuit resulting from the "Lemon Grove Incident" became the first successful school desegregation court decision in the history of the United States. [1] On March 30, 1931, the presiding Judge Chambers issued his ruling in favor of Roberto Alvarez. The judge repudiated each of the school board's claims.
Debs v. United States (1919) Schenck v. United States (1919) Abrams v. United States (1919) Gitlow v. New York (1925) Whitney v. California (1927) Dennis v. United States (1951) Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1955) Yates v. United States (1957) Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe: 537 U.S. 465 (2003) the Federal government has a duty to maintain land held in trust for an Indian tribe United States v. Navajo Nation: 537 U.S. 488 (2003) compensation for modification a lease of mining rights to land on an Indian reservation Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe: 538 U.S. 1 ...
In United States v. Alvarez (2012), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was an unconstitutional abridgment of the freedom of speech under the First Amendment–striking down the law in a 6 to 3 decision.
Amended the Higher Education Act to grant the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands the same benefits under the act as states. Pub. L. 95–180: 1978 Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act
United States v. Sealy, Inc. 388 U.S. 350: 1967: 6–1 Non-trademark: Anti-trust Majority: Fortas: Sherman Antitrust Act: Exclusive territorial trademark licenses can still run afoul of antitrust laws if they are a part of unlawful price-fixing and policing. Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. 456 U.S. 844: 1982: 9–0 Substantive
Plessy v. Ferguson: 1896 163 U.S. 537 separate but equal for public facilities United States v. Wong Kim Ark: 1898 169 U.S. 649 (1898) A child born in the United States to parents of foreign decent is a citizen of the United States unless Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education: 1899 175 U.S. 528 de jure segregation of races Lum v. Rice ...