Landmark Supreme Court cases

Short list of Landmark Supreme Court cases

• cases as generally recommended for minimual study of the AP Gov exam

Full list of Landmark Supreme Court cases

Landmark Supreme Court cases: alphabetical

• Baker v Carr (1962)
• Bakke v Regents of the University of California (1978)
• Bob Jones University v US (1983)
• Boy Scouts of America v Dale (2000)
• Brown v Board of Education (1954)
• Buckley v Valeo (1976)
• Bush v Gore (2000)
• Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge (1837)
• Cherokee Nation v Georgia (1831)
• Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010)
• Civil Rights Cases of 1883
• Clinton v City of New York (1998)
• Clinton v Jones (1997)
• Commonwealth v Hunt (1842)
• Dartmouth College v Woodward (1819)
• District of Columbia v Heller (2008)
• Dred Scott v Sandford (1857)
• Engel v Vitale (1962)
• Escobeda v Illinois (1964)
• Ex parte Endo (1944)
• Ex parte Milligan (1866)
• Fletcher v Peck (1810)
• Furman v Georgia (1972)
• Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
• Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
• Gitlow v New York (1925)
• Gratz v Bollinger (2003)
• Griswald v Connecticut (1965)
• Grottner v Bollinger (2003)
• Hamdi v Rumsfield (2004)
• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1983)
• Heart of Atlanta v US (1964)
• Kelo v City of New London (2005)
• Korematsu v United States (1944)
• Lau v Nichols (1974)
• Lawrence v Texas (2003)
• Lemon v Kurtzman (1971)
• Lochner v New York (1905)
• Loving v Virginia (1967)
• Mapp v Ohio (1961)
• Marbury v Madison (1803)
• McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
• Miller v California (1973)
• Miranda v Arizona (1966)
• Muller v Oregon (1908)
• Munn v Illinois (1876)
• New Jersey v T.L.O. (1985)
• New York Times v Sullivan (1964)
• New York Times v U.S. (1971)
• Northern Securities Co. v U. S. (1904)
• Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)
• Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
• Pollock v The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. (1895)
• Regents v Bakke (1978)
• Regents of CA v Bakke (1978)
• Roe v Wade (1973)
• Roper v Simmons (2005)
• Schenck v US (1919)
• Schechter v U. S. (1936)
• Scott v Sanford (1857)
• Shaw v Reno (1993)
• Shenck v United States (1919) / Clear & Present Danger
• Texas v Johnson (1989)
• Tinker v Des Moines (1969)
• U.S. v American Library Association (2003)
• U. S. v E. C. Knight Co. (1895)
• U.S. v Nixon (1974)
• Van Order v Perry (2005)
• Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v Illinois (1886)

Landmark Supreme Court cases: by date & historical era

• Marbury v Madison (1803)
• McCulloch v Maryland (1819)

• Miranda v Arizona (1966)
• Muller v Oregon (1908)
• Scott v Sanford (1857)
• Munn v Illinois (1876)
• Pollock v The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. (1895)
• U. S. v E. C. Knight Co. (1895)
• Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
• Northern Securities Co. v U. S. (1904)
• Lochner v New York (1905)
• Schenck v US (1919)
• Gitlow v New York (1925)
• Schechter v U. S. (1936)
• Korematsu v United States (1944)
• Mapp v Ohio (1961)
• New York Times v Sullivan (1964)
• New York Times v U.S. (1971)
• Roe v Wade (1973)
• Miller v California (1973)
• Regents v Bakke (1978)
• Regents of CA v Bakke (1978)
• New Jersey v T.L.O. (1985)
• Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)
• Shaw v Reno (1993)
• Roper v Simmons (2005)

• Gratz v Bollinger (2003)
• Griswald v Connecticut (1965)
• Grottner v Bollinger (2003)
• Hamdi v Rumsfield (2004)
• Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1983)
• Heart of Atlanta v US (1964)
• Kelo v City of New London (2005)

• Lau v Nichols (1974)
• Lawrence v Texas (2003)
• Lemon v Kurtzman (1971)

• Texas v Johnson (1989)
• Tinker v Des Moines (1969)
• U.S. v American Library Association (2003)

• U.S. v Nixon (1974)
• Van Order v Perry (2005)
• Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v Illinois (1886)

• Baker v Carr (1962)
• Bakke v Regents of the University of California (1978)
• Bob Jones University v US (1983)
• Boy Scouts of America v Dale (2000)
• Brown v Board of Education (1954)
• Buckley v Valeo (1976)
• Bush v Gore (2000)
• Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge (1837)
• Cherokee Nation v Georgia (1831)
• Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010)
• Civil Rights Cases of 1883
• Clinton v City of New York (1998)
• Clinton v Jones (1997)
• Commonwealth v Hunt (1842)
• Dartmouth College v Woodward (1819)
• District of Columbia v Heller (2008)
• Dred Scott v Sandford (1857)
• Engel v Vitale (1962)
• Escobeda v Illinois (1964)
• Ex parte Endo (1944)
• Ex parte Milligan (1866)
• Fletcher v Peck (1810)
• Furman v Georgia (1972)
• Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
• Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
• Loving v Virginia (1967)

McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)