1803

Marbury v. Madison

Judicial Review

1819

McCulloch v. Maryland

Elastic Clause/Federal Supremacy

1824

Gibbons v. Ogden

Interstate Commerce/Federal Supremacy

1857

Dred Scott

Slavery/Citizenship/Property

1886

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R.R. v. Illinois

Commerce Clause/Property & States' Rights

1895

In Re Debs

Unions/Strikes/Commerce Clause

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson

Separate But Equal/Equal Protection

1905

Lochner v. New York

Work Hours/Property Rights

1919

Schenck v. United States

Speech/Clear and Present Danger/War Powers

1935

Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States

Executive v. Legislative Power

1944

Korematsu v. United States

Executive Powers/Relocation/Equal Protection

1954

Brown v. Board of Education

School Integration/Equal Protection

1961

Mapp v. Ohio

Warrantless Search

1962

Baker v. Carr

Voting Districts/Equal Protection/Voter's Rights

1962

Engle v. Vitale

School Prayer

1963

Gideon v. Wainwright

Rights of the Accused/Lawyer

1966

Miranda v. Arizona

Reading of Rights/Self-Incrimination

1969

Tinker v. Des Moines

Student Symbolic Speech

1971

New York Times v. United States

Free Press

1973

Roe v. Wade

Privacy/Abortion

1974

United States v. Nixon

Impeachment/Separation of Powers

1985

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

Student Search/Due Process

1990

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health

Right to Die/Police Power

1992

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania

v. Casey

Privacy, Abortion

1995

Vernonia School District v. Acton

Student Search

1997

Reno v. A.C.L.U.

Speech and the Internet

1998

Clinton v. New York

Line Item Veto

2000

Bush v. Gore

2000 Presidential election

2001

Kyllo v. United States

Search/Thermal Imaging

2001

United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers

Medicinal Marijuana

2002

Atkins v. Virginia

Execution of Mentally Retarded

2002

Board of Education of Independent School

District 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls

Student Search

2003

Virginia v. Black

Speech/Cross Burning

2004

Elk Grove v. Newdow

Pledge/Establishment Clause

2004

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

Rights of Detainees in War on Terror

2005

Roper v. Simmons

Execution of Juveniles

2005

Kelo v. New London

Eminent Domain

2006

Gonzales v. Oregon

Assisted Suicide