Cases I
Cases II
Cases III
100
Discriminating against whites only because of their race is unconstitutional.
Regents of University of California v Bakke (1978)
100
Only Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce.
Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
100
Legalized abortion through the second trimester of pregnancy.
Roe v Wade (1973)
200
Executive privilege could not be invoked in cases involving criminal activity.
US v Nixon (1974)
200
Establishing the precedent of judicial review.
Marbury v Madison (1803)
200
Suspect must be informed of his or her Constitutional rights before questioning.
Miranda v Arizona (1966)
300
Established federal control over state governments. A state can not tax a federal agency.
McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
300
Separate but equal facilities (like schools) for African Americans is unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Education Topeka, Kansas (1954)
300
Upheld the 1942 removal of Japanese-Americans to relocation centers.
Korematsu v US (1844)
400
"Separate but equal" facilities for African-Americans is declared legal.
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
400
A suspect cannot be denied the services of a lawyer.
Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
400
Congress cannot prohibit slavery in the territories; blacks are not citizens.
Dred Scott v Sanford (1857)
500
Suspects have a right not to answer questions and evidence obtained by illegal means must be thrown out.
Escobedo v Illinois (1964)
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