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Ealdred v High Sheriff of Yorkshire (c.1068); Wulfstan v Thomas (1070) [1] [2]; R v Roger de Breteuil; Trial of Penenden Heath (1071) [3] [4] regarded by some commentators as "one of the most important events in the early history of English Law because of the light it sheds on the relationship between Norman Law and English Law" with the trial being a possible indication of Norman respect for ...
3 U.S. 1 (1794) first jury trial in the Supreme Court; conclusion of Georgia v. Brailsford (1792) United States v. Todd (1794) Case regarding invalid pension of a Revolutionary War veteran. The case was initially unpublished, a note paraphrasing the case was appended to the opinion in United States v. Ferreira, 54 U.S. 40, 52 (1849).
The Court announced that the Lemon test from the landmark case of Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) had been abandoned by the Court in later cases. Instead, the Court announced, original meaning and history govern analysis of the Establishment Clause.
Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963), [1] was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided 8–1 in favor of the respondent, Edward Schempp, on behalf of his son Ellery Schempp, and declared that school-sponsored Bible reading and the recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools in the United States was unconstitutional.
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.
First of Two Cases involving compulsory registration of Communist Party members. Court didn't answer questions raised concerning constitutionality of Act requiring compulsory registration. Radovich v. National Football League: 352 U.S. 445 (1957) professional football covered by antitrust laws Reid v. Covert: 354 U.S. 1 (1957)
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Marshall Court, the tenure of Chief Justice John Marshall from February 4, 1801 through July 6, 1835.
early case on standard of review for regulations: Fox Film Corp. v. Muller: 296 U.S. 207 (1935) contract dispute, "adequate and independent state ground" United States v. Constantine: 296 U.S. 287 (1935) taxation of liquor: United States v. Butler: 297 U.S. 1 (1936) Taxation power, Tenth Amendment: Grosjean v. American Press Co. 297 U.S. 233 (1936)