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The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883), were a group of five landmark cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been involved in the following legal cases, either by representing a party, or filing an amicus brief, or otherwise significantly involved. 1920s [ edit ]
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.
The Civil Rights Cases, 3 (1883), were a group of five cases in which the Supreme Court held that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals. The holding regarding the 13th Amendment was overturned by the Court in the 1968 case Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
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.
overbreadth of local ordinance used by city officials to ban civil rights march Stanley v. Georgia: 394 U.S. 557 (1969) private possession of obscene material protected under First Amendment Street v. New York: 394 U.S. 576 (1969) free speech, flag burning: Shapiro v. Thompson: 394 U.S. 618 (1969) Right to travel: Leary v. United States: 395 U ...
Cases dealing with civil and administrative regulatory procedures aimed at suppressing or restricting obscenity, such as film-licensing boards or zoning regulations. Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio (1915)
Rights of the media and public figures in defamation suits Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States: 424 U.S. 800 (1976) Abstention doctrine: Dann v. Johnston: 425 U.S. 219 (1976) Early case on the patentability of the business method patent: Hills v. Gautreaux: 425 U.S. 284 (1976) Fifth Amendment and Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...