Some Landmark Supreme Court Cases


Notice*

* 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 Scott 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
* McCulloch v. Maryland - Implied Powers of Congress/Government Taxation - 1819**
* 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

* The content on this page and the pages to which it is linked are based on the information from Anatomy of a Murder:  A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System.
** The content on this page and the pages to which it is linked are based on the information from OYEZ - Northwestern University Project.