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It was the first U.S. Supreme Court ruling to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day, 370 U.S. 348 (1962) Images of naked men are not, per se, obscene, extending Olesen in a way that spurred an increase in same-sex erotica that helped spur the rise of the LGBTQ rights movement later in the decade.
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 name Citation Summary United States v. Phellis: 257 U.S. 156 (1921) shares in a subsidiary corporation issued to stockholders in the parent corporation considered taxable income: Leser v. Garnett: 258 U.S. 130 (1922) constitutionality of Nineteenth Amendment: Balzac v. Porto Rico: 258 U.S. 298 (1922) sometimes considered one of the Insular ...
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Kermit L. Hall, ed. The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions. Kermit L. Hall, ed. Alley, Robert S. (1999). The Constitution & Religion: Leading Supreme Court Cases on Church and State. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-703-1
National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, 432 U.S. 43 (1977), arising out of what is sometimes referred to as the Skokie Affair, [1] was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court dealing with freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. This case is considered a "classic" free speech case in constitutional law classes. [2]
Citing Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd, the Supreme Court remanded this case to a Florida appellate court for consideration of whether arbitration was required for some of the claims alleged. Bobby v. Dixon: 10-1540: 2011-11-07 Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (28 U.S.C. § 2254) and Harrington v.
Free Speech: 354 U.S. 298 (1957) free speech, distinction between expression of opinion and advocacy of action Morey v. Doud: 354 U.S. 457 (1957) States do not have power to make special exemptions in legislation for particular actors (overruled by City of New Orleans v. Dukes) Roth v. United States: Free Speech: 354 U.S. 476 (1957) obscenity ...
Supreme Court [1984] 2 SCR 145: Charter of Rights, section 8 (Legal rights) Establishes that the Charter ought to be interpreted purposively. R v Feeney: Supreme Court [1997] 2 SCR 13: Constitution Act, 1982, section 8 (Procedural rights) Establishes that the police cannot enter a home without a search warrant. Egan v Canada: Supreme Court ...