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| x Roe v. Wade |
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Supreme Court of the United States | Abortion | Norma McCorvey |
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), a landmark case decided by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion, is one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.
The Court held that a woman may...
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| x Loving v. Virginia |
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Supreme Court of the United States | Marriage | Mildred Loving |
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court, by a 9-0 vote, declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute, the "Racial Integrity Act of 1924", unconstitutional, thereby...
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| x Loizidou vs Turkey |
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Loizidou v. Turkey is a landmark legal case regarding the rights of refugees wishing to return to their former homes and properties. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that she, and consequently all other refugees, have the right to return to...
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| x L'Estrange v Graucob |
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L'Estrange v F Graucob Ltd [1934] 2 KB 394 is a leading English contract law case on the incorporation of terms into a contract by signature. There are exceptions to the rule that a person is bound by his or her signature, including but not limited...
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| x Ashford v. Thornton |
Ashford v. Thornton was an 1818 English legal case deciding the principle that all law remains until it is repealed.
In 1817, Abraham Thornton was charged with the murder of Mary Ashford, but the jury acquitted the defendant.
Mary’s brother, William...
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| x American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton, 26 U.S. 511 (1828), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case involved the validity of a local court established by Congress in the Florida Territory whose judges lacked life...
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| x New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann | Supreme Court of the United States |
New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, 285 U.S. 262 (1932), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that due process prevented a state legislature from arbitrarily creating restrictions on new businesses only on the claim that their...
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| x State v. Kelly |
State v. Kelly, 97 N.J. 178 (1984), is a Supreme Court of New Jersey case where the defendant, Gladys Kelly, was on trial for the murder of her husband, Ernest Kelly with a pair of scissors. The Supreme Court reversed the case for further trial...
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| x Subic rape case |
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The Subic rape case, officially known as People of the Philippines vs. Chad Carpentier, Dominic Duplantis, Keith Silkwood, and Daniel Smith, was a legal case in the Philippines involving a Filipina and four US Marines. It caught wide media coverage...
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| x Scopes Trial |
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Creation-evolution controversy |
The Scopes Trial (State v. Scopes, Scopes v. State, 152 Tenn. 424, 278 S.W. 57 (Tenn. 1926), often called the "Scopes Monkey Trial") was an American legal case that tested the Butler Act, which made it unlawful, in any state-funded educational...
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| x Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko | Supreme Court of the United States |
Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61 (2001), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court found that implied damages actions first recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S....
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| x Auer v. Robbins |
Auer v. Robbins is a United States Supreme Court case that deals with overtime pay. The question before the court was “Must sergeants and lieutenants in the St. Louis Police Department be paid for working overtime to the Fair Labor Standards Act of...
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| x Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner |
Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136 (1967), was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court. Abbott Laboratories held that drug companies were not prohibited by ripeness doctrine from challenging a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
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| x McLean v. Arkansas | Creation-evolution controversy |
McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 529 F. Supp. 1255, 1258-1264 (ED Ark. 1982), was a 1981 legal case in Arkansas which ruled that the Arkansas "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act" (Act 590) was unconstitutional...
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| x Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court, 480 U.S. 102 (1987) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court considered whether a foreign corporation, by merely being aware that its products could end up in the forum...
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| x California v. Greenwood |
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Supreme Court of the United States | Search and seizure |
California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a...
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| x Commonwealth v Tasmania |
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High Court of Australia | Natural environment |
Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1, (popularly known as the Tasmanian Dam Case) was a significant Australian court case, decided in the High Court of Australia on July 1, 1983. The case was a landmark decision in Australian constitutional law,...
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| x Microsoft vs. Lindows | Trademark | Microsoft |
Microsoft v. Lindows.com, Inc. was a court case brought by Microsoft against Lindows, Inc in December 2001, claiming that the name "Lindows" was a violation of its trademark "Windows."
After two and a half years of court battles, Microsoft paid US...
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| x Sankey v Whitlam |
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High Court of Australia | Danny Sankey |
Sankey v Whitlam was an important court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 9 November 1978.
On 20 November 1975, in the middle of the election campaign which followed the dismissal of the Whitlam government, a Sydney solicitor, Danny...
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| x Mabo v Queensland |
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High Court of Australia | Native title | Eddie Mabo |
Mabo v Queensland (No 1) was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on December 8, 1988. It found that the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act, which attempted to retrospectively abolish native title rights, was not...
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| x Williams v. Price |
Williams v. Price (343 F.3d 223 (3d Cir. 2003)) was a 2003 legal case decided in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The appellant was Ronald A. Williams, an African-American prisoner; the suit was brought against James Price,...
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| x Adelaide Company of Jehovah's Witnesses v Commonwealth |
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Religion |
Adelaide Company of Jehovah's Witnesses Inc v Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 116 (also known as the Jehovah's Witnesses case) was an important court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 14 June 1943.
In January 1941, acting pursuant to the...
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| x Ray v. Blair |
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Supreme Court of the United States | Election |
Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952), is a major decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It was a case on state political parties requiring of presidential electors to pledge to vote for the party's nominees before being certified as...
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| x McLibel case |
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Slander and libel | McDonald's |
McDonald's Restaurants v Morris & Steel (or the McLibel case) was an English lawsuit filed by McDonald's Corporation against environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris (often referred to as "The McLibel Two") over a pamphlet critical of...
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| x Kohl v United States | Supreme Court of the United States | Eminent domain |
Kohl v. United States, 91 U.S. 367 (1875), was a court case that took place in the Supreme Court of the United States. It invoked the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and is related to the issue of Eminent Domain.
Eminent domain was...
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| x Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth |
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High Court of Australia | Campaign advertising | Australian Capital Television |
Australian Capital Television v Commonwealth (1992) 177 CLR 106 was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 30 September 1992. It concerned the constitutional validity of Part IIID of the Broadcasting Act 1942, which...
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| x R v Davidson |
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Supreme Court of Victoria | Abortion |
R v Davidson, also known (particularly among medical practitioners) as the Menhennitt ruling, was a significant ruling delivered in the Supreme Court of Victoria on May 26, 1969. It concerned the legality of abortion in the Australian state of...
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| x Brown v. Board of Education |
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Supreme Court of the United States | Racial segregation | Oliver L. Brown |
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, which overturned earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, by declaring that state laws that established separate...
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| x Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization |
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Supreme Court of the United States | Freedom of speech | Frank Hague |
Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, 307 U.S. 496 (1939), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The case involved Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Frank "Boss" Hague who had in 1937 used a city ordinance to prevent labor...
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| x Hayburn's Case |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Hayburn's Case, 2 U.S. 409 (1792), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that non-judicial duties could not be assigned to federal courts in their official capacity. This was the first time the court addressed the issue of...
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| x Chisholm v. Georgia |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 419 (1793), is considered the first United States Supreme Court case of significance and impact. Given its date, there is little available legal precedent (particularly in American law).
In 1792 in South...
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| x Talbot v. Janson | Supreme Court of the United States |
Talbot v. Janson, 3 U.S. 133 (1795), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the jurisdiction of the court extended to the seas and that a citizen of the United States could also hold the citizenship of another nation ...
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| x Hylton v. United States |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Hylton v. United States, 3 U.S. 171 (1796), was an early United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a tax on carriages did not violate the Article I, Section 9 requirement for the apportioning of direct taxes. It found the...
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| x Hollingsworth v. Virginia |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Hollingsworth v. Virginia, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 378 (1798) , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled early in America's history that the President of the United States has no formal role in the process of amending the United States...
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| x Calder v. Bull |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Calder v. Bull, 3 U.S. 386 (1798), is a famous case in which the United States Supreme Court examined its authority to review state legislature decisions.
The Connecticut legislature ordered a new trial in a court case about the contents of a will,...
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| x New York v. Connecticut |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
New York v. Connecticut, 4 U.S. 1 (1799), was a lawsuit heard by the Supreme Court of the United States between the State of New York against the State of Connecticut in 1799 that arose from a land dispute between private parties. It was the first...
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| x Marbury v. Madison |
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Supreme Court of the United States | Judicial review | William Marbury |
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) is a landmark case in United States law. It formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
This case resulted from a petition to the...
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| x Stuart v. Laird |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Stuart v. Laird, 5 U.S. 299 (1803), was a case decided by the John Marshall-led U.S. Supreme Court, notably a week after the famous Marbury v. Madison.
The case regards a circuit judge's judgement, after the judge's job had been cut with the repeal...
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| x Little v. Barreme |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Little v. Barreme, 6 U.S. 170 (1804) was an 1804 decision of the United States Supreme Court which found that the President of the United States does not have "inherent authority" or "inherent powers" which allow him to ignore a law passed by the...
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| x Strawbridge v. Curtiss |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 7 U.S. 267 (1806), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States first addressed the question of complete diversity. In a 158 word opinion the court held that for federal diversity jurisdiction under section 11...
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| x Ex parte Bollman |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. 75 (1807), was a case brought before the United States Supreme Court. Three main points were established in this early and formative civil liberties case:
Bollman and Swartwout were civilians who became implicated in the...
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| x Fletcher v. Peck |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. 87 (1810), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision. It was one of the first cases in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional. In the course of the westward push for the control of Indian lands...
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| x United States v. Hudson and Goodwin |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
United States v. Hudson and Goodwin, 11 U.S. 32 (1812), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Congress must first enact a law criminalizing an activity, attach a penalty, and give the federal courts jurisdiction over the...
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| x Martin v. Hunter's Lessee |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case decided on March 20, 1816. It was the first case to assert ultimate Supreme Court authority over state courts in matters of federal law.
During the...
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| x McCulloch v. Maryland |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes...
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| x Sturges v. Crowninshield |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Sturges v. Crowninshield, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 122 (1819), dealt with the constitutionality of New York creating bankruptcy laws and retroactively applying those laws.
This case decided whether state bankruptcy laws violated the provision in Article I...
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| x Dartmouth College v. Woodward |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 518 (1819), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations. The case arose...
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| x Cohens v. Virginia | Supreme Court of the United States |
Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. 264 (1821), was a United States Supreme Court decision most noted for John Marshall and the Court's assertion of its power to review state supreme court decisions in criminal law matters when they claim their...
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| x Johnson v. M'Intosh |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Johnson v. M'Intosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543 (1823), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that private citizens could not purchase lands directly from Native Americans. The Court determined that the United States government...
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| x Gibbons v. Ogden |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The case was argued by some of...
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| x Osborn v. Bank of the United States |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 22 U.S. 738 (1824), was case set in the Banking Crisis of 1819, during which many banks, including the Bank of the United States, demanded repayment for loans which they had issued on credit that they did not...
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| x Ogden v. Saunders |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. 213 (1827), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined the scope of a bankruptcy law in contrast to a clause of the Constitution of the United States. It was the only Constitutional decision from which Chief...
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| x Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co. |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co., 27 U.S. (2 Pet.) 245 (1829), was a significant United States Supreme Court case regarding the definition of the Commerce Clause in Article 1 sec. 8, cl. 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Willson, the owner of a sloop...
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| x Cherokee Nation v. Georgia |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court case.
On December 20, 1828, the state of Georgia, fearful that the United States would not effect (as a matter of Federal policy) the removal of the Cherokee Nation...
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| x Worcester v. Georgia |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's...
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| x Barron v. Baltimore |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Barron v. Mayor of Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833) established a precedent on whether the United States Bill of Rights could be applied to state governments.
John Barron co-owned a profitable wharf in the Baltimore harbor. He sued the mayor...
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| x Ex parte Madrazzo | Supreme Court of the United States |
Ex Parte Madrazzo [sic], 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 627 (1833), is a United States Supreme Court case involving the suit of Juan Madrazo, a citizen of the Kingdom of Spain, against the state of Georgia.
This was Juan Madrazo's second encounter with the United...
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| x Wheaton v. Peters | Supreme Court of the United States |
Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591 (1834), was the first United States Supreme Court ruling on copyright. The case upheld the power of Congress to make a grant of copyright protection subject to conditions and rejected the doctrine of a common...
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| x Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 36 U.S. 420 (1837), was a case heard by the United States Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. The case settled a dispute over the constitutional clause regarding obligation of...
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| x Amistad |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
The Amistad, also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, 40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518 (1841), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of slaves on board the Spanish schooner Amistad in 1839....
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