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Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 is constitutional; therefore, American citizens of Japanese descent can be interned and deprived of their basic constitutional rights. This case featured the first application of strict scrutiny to racial discrimination by the government.
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.
case brought against Coca-Cola under the Pure Food and Drug Act: United States v. Oppenheimer: 242 U.S. 85 (1916) doctrine of res judicata applies to criminal cases American Well Works Co. v. Layne & Bowler Co. 241 U.S. 257 (1916) scope of federal question jurisdiction in patent law case Caminetti v. United States: 242 U.S. 470 (1917)
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 (1892), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that created one of the most important rules of evidence in American and British courtrooms: an exception to the hearsay rule for statements regarding the intentions of the declarant. [1]
A transportation order that allows a prisoner to search for new evidence—in this case an order compelling the State to transport Mr. Twyford to a medical facility for neurological testing—is not “necessary or appropriate in aid of” a federal court’s adjudication of a habeas corpus action when the prisoner has not shown that the ...
Foreign nations, who may sue in federal court, may also obtain triple damages for violations of the Clayton Act: Bordenkircher v. Hayes: 434 U.S. 357 (1978) Prosecutors may threaten defendants with more serious charges in order to induce a guilty plea Zablocki v. Redhail: 434 U.S. 374 (1978) Marriage as a fundamental right Oliphant v. Suquamish ...
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. Each volume was edited by one of the Reporters of Decisions of the Supreme Court.
sufficiency of evidence to send a case to a jury: North American Co. v. Securities and Exchange Commission: 327 U.S. 686 (1946) utility divestiture under the Public Utility Holding Company Act: Girouard v. United States: 328 U.S. 61 (1946) pacifism is not a reason to deny an immigrant citizenship. Overturned United States v. Schwimmer (1929 ...