Some Landmark Supreme Court Rulings


 Baker v. Carr - Approportionment - 1962

 Betts v. Brady - Right to Counsel - 1942

 California v. Greenwood - Search and Seizure - 1988

 Chimel v. California - Search and Seizure - 1969

 Dennis v. United States - Free Speech - 1951

 Dred Scot v. United States - Slaves and Property - 1857

 Duncan v. Louisiana - Right to a Trial by Jury - 1968

 Edwards v. South Carolina - Freedom of Expression - 1963

 Escobedo v. Illinois - Right to an Attorney - 1964

 Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township - 1947

 Ex parte Milligan - Habeas Corpus - 1866

 Fay v. Noia - Habeas Corpus - 1963

 Feiner v. New York - Free Speech - 1951

 Furman v. Georgia - Death Penalty - 1972

 Gideon v. Wainwright - Right to Council - 1963

 Gitlow v. New York - Free Speech - 1925

 Gregg v. Georgia - Death Penalty - 1976

 Griffin v. California - Self-Incrimination - 1965

 Katz v. United States - Search and Seizure - 1967

 Mapp v. Ohio - Search and Seizure - 1961

 Marbury v. Madison - Judicial Review - 1803

 Miranda v. Arizona - Rights upon Arrest - 1966

 Nix v. Williams - Self Incrimination - 1984

 Olmstead v. United States - Search and Seizure -1928

 Powell v. Alabama - Right to an Attorney - 1932

 Sheppard v. Maxwell - Media Coverage of Trials - 1966

 Texas v. Johnson - Free Speech - 1989

 Thompson v. Oklahoma - Death Penalty - 1988

 Weeks v. United States - Search and Seizure - 1914


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