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The following landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which changed the interpretation of existing law in the United States. Such a decision may settle the law in more than one way: establishing a significant new legal principle or concept;
United States Courts of Appeals may also make such decisions, particularly if the Supreme Court chooses not to review the case, or adopts the holding of the court below. Although many cases from state supreme courts are significant in developing the law of that state, only a few are so revolutionary that they announce standards that many other ...
Second, it is a district court decision, and those are not landmark decisions, those being almost exclusively U.S. Supreme Court decisions, with some Circuit Court decisions and some state Supreme Court decisions. I can think of no District Court decisions that are landmark cases. Be patient. This case will go to the 9th Circuit and then to SCOTUS.
The Wikipedia List of landmark court decisions in the United States page currently has 461 landmark/pivotal cases (actually 459 since One, Inc. v. Olesen (1958) and Ford v. Wainwright (1986) are listed twice). Of these, 18 are not US Supreme Court decisions. The Wikipedia page includes most of the 913 cases listed on these other sites.
Schenck v. United States: 249 U.S. 47 (1919) freedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater” Debs v. United States: 249 U.S. 211 (1919) sedition Abrams v. 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)
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.
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). United States v. Causby: 328 U.S. 256 (1946) the ancient common law doctrine of ad coelum has no legal effect "in the modern world." Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co. 328 U.S ...
United States v. Harriss: 347 U.S. 612 (1954) constitutionality of The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946: Berman v. Parker: 348 U.S. 26 (1954) eminent domain, takings United States v. International Boxing Club of New York: Antitrust: 348 U.S. 236 (1955) boxing not exempt from antitrust regulation Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States ...