Poets
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
William Wordsworth
27
11011
Determined that people of African ancestry did not have the rights of citizens in the U.S.
Scott V. Sandford
Ram
Aries
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Chicago
Carl Sandburg
33
100001
Determined that state-imposed segregation was legal.
Plessy V. Ferguson
Twins
Gemini
The Crucible
Authur Miller
Song of Myself
Walt Whitman
39
100111
Determined that defendants must be given legal counsel in a way that gives counsel enough time to do their job.
Powell V. Alabama
Sea Serpant
Hydra
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Tyler Perry
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
T.S. Eliot
45
101101
Determined that racially restrictive housing covenants could not be enforced by courts.
Shelley V. Kraemer
Lion
Leo
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
Success is Counted Sweetest
Emily Dickson
58
111010
Determined that affirmative action programs whose purpose is to increase diversity are legal.
Grutter V. Bollinger
Southern Cross
Crux
August: Osage County
Tracy Letts