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Marbury v. Madison
5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
Could the Supreme Court issue a writ of mandamus under the Judiciary Act of 1789?
McCulloch v. Maryland
17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819)
Did Congress have power to charter the bank, and could Maryland tax it?
Gibbons v. Ogden
22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824)
Did the Commerce Clause allow Congress to regulate interstate navigation?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857)
Could Scott sue in federal court and did Congress have power to restrict slavery in territories?
Plessy v. Ferguson
163 U.S. 537 (1896)
Did state-mandated racial segregation violate equal protection?
Brown v. Board of Education
347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Does racial segregation in public schools violate equal protection?
Gideon v. Wainwright
372 U.S. 335 (1963)
Does the Sixth Amendment right to counsel apply to state felony prosecutions?
Miranda v. Arizona
384 U.S. 436 (1966)
What safeguards are required before custodial interrogation?
Mapp v. Ohio
367 U.S. 643 (1961)
Does the exclusionary rule apply to the states?
Terry v. Ohio
392 U.S. 1 (1968)
Can police conduct a brief stop and frisk on less than probable cause?
Roe v. Wade
410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Did the Constitution protect a right to choose abortion under the Due Process Clause?
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
597 U.S. 215 (2022)
Does the Constitution confer a right to abortion?
Obergefell v. Hodges
576 U.S. 644 (2015)
Do due process and equal protection protect same-sex marriage?
United States v. Lopez
514 U.S. 549 (1995)
Was the statute a valid exercise of commerce power?
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
467 U.S. 837 (1984)
When should courts defer to an agency's interpretation of an ambiguous statute?
Ridge v. Baldwin
[1964] AC 40
Did natural justice require the decision-maker to hear Ridge before removing him from office?
Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v. Wednesbury Corporation
[1948] 1 KB 223
When will a court quash an administrative decision on grounds of unreasonableness?
Anisminic Ltd v. Foreign Compensation Commission
[1969] 2 AC 147
Could the courts review a decision affected by legal error despite broad statutory wording attempting to exclude review?
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