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  2. List of landmark court decisions in the United States

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    Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60 (1942) A defense lawyer's conflict of interest arising from a simultaneous representation of codefendants violates the Assistance of Counsel Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Betts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455 (1942) Indigent defendants may be denied counsel when prosecuted by a state.

  3. Lists of United States Supreme Court cases - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Burger Court

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    412 U.S. 669 (1973) Standing to sue. Miller v. California. 413 U.S. 15 (1973) Freedom of speech, Miller test for obscenity. United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film. 413 U.S. 123 (1973) Ban on importing obscene material stands but material to be reevaluated under Miller test.

  5. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Warren Court

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    This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Warren Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren, from October 5, 1953, through June 23, 1969. Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc. Wilko v. Swan.

  6. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Roberts Court

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    United States. 552 U.S. 74 (2007) whether trading drugs for a gun constitutes use of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924 and Bailey v. United States. Kimbrough v. United States. 552 U.S. 85 (2007) whether the 100:1 ratio between powder and crack cocaine imposed by the United States Sentencing Commission yields "reasonable" sentences. Gall v.

  7. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving standing

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    Voting. Dred Scott v. Sandford. 1857. Held that people of African ancestry (whether free or not) were not United States Citizens, and therefore lacked standing to sue. This ruling stood as precedent until the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 7–2. Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co.

  8. Lists of landmark court decisions - Wikipedia

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    Lists of landmark court decisions. Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law. " Leading case " is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions ...

  9. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the White Court

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    United States: 250 U.S. 616 (1919) validity of criminalizing criticism of the government Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States: 251 U.S. 385 (1920) Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a tax evasion case Eisner v. Macomber: 252 U.S. 189 (1920) pro rata stock dividend not taxable income Missouri v. Holland: 252 U.S. 416 (1920) states ...